Crotales are often called antique cymbals and are comprised of small tuned bronze and brass discs played with hard mallets creating a high pitched bright resonant sound. Crotales has appear in compositions by Debussy, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, Ravel and Berlioz. The crotales are considered a European instrument and were inspired by the cymbal manufacturing company Zildijian, who relocated to the USA …