Counterblow blocks are traditionally played to open a Japanese theatre performance. Carl Orff wants them used among others in his dramatic work "Oedipus der Tyrann" ("Oedipus the Tyrant", "Großes Klappholz"). The wooden bars produced by Kolberg Percussion have a rectangular basic shape and are clapped together strongly at their curved side.

Sizes

1491 hyoshigi, high pitch; 26 cm

Sound

very sharp, bright, penetrating sound rich in harmonics
Traditionally the pair consists of a deeper, "male" and a higher, "female" bar.

Material

German black locust