rainstick

Also known as Rain Machine

thumb|300x300px|Traditional cactus rainsticks

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Instrument.name: Chilean Rainstick
Instrument.image: Rainstick.ogg
Instrument.image_capt: sound of a rainstick
Instrument.classification: percussion instrument
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs: 112.13+133.1
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc: vessel rattle with friction
Instrument.inventors: Multiple possible origins: best known is the Mapuche design; similar instruments in Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia
Instrument.related: Hosho, Maracas, Vibraslap

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Commons category: Rainsticks
Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 112.13+133.1

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thumb|300x300px|Traditional cactus rainsticks

A rainstick is a long, hollow tube of bamboo or dried cactus that is partially flooded with small pebbles, rice, dried beans, or other hard granular matter. The inside surface of the tube has small pins or thorns arranged helically. When the stick is rotated and held upright, the pebbles fall to the other end of the tube, bouncing off the internal protrusions to create a sound reminiscent of falling rain.