Crotal

Crotal [Gk.: *krotalon] (Fr.: crotale; Ger.: Gabelbecken), a pair of small metal cymbals attached to a hinged fork or forked sticks, used in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and apparently also in the early Middle Ages, as well as in present-day Burma. Cf. crotalum, cymbala, krotalon (169). Sachs, Curt. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. Leipzig, 1920.