Balalika

The Balalaika family includes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest, the prima, sekunda, alto, bass and contrabass balalaika. All have three-sided bodies, spruce or fir tops and backs made of from three to nine wooden sections, and all have three strings.

Bamboo saxophones

Bamboo saxophones consist of segments of bamboo successively larger in diameter. This progression has now been demonstrated by acoustical studies as the most harmonically effective. The joints are extremely solid and resistant over time. It uses conventional sax reeds. They have keys that cover toneholes outside the reach of the fingers. The Bamboo sax is not an imitation of brass saxes, it is an instrument in its own