Percussion: Books in the Academic Library

Encyclopedia of Percussion by John H. Beck This volume contains information on all the major percussion instruments, providing definitons, illustrations and articles on each by leading scholars and musicians.

Mallet Repair by Arthur Press

Percussion Instruments and Their History by James Blades

Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm by Mickey Hart; Fredric Lieberman; D. A. Sonneborn The percussionist for the Grateful Dead relates the worldwide origins and history of drumming and the myths associated with rhythm and percussion instruments.

Symphonic Repertoire Guide for Timpani and Percussion by Raynor Carroll "Glossary of percussion instruments, as used in the symphonic repertoire section of this book": pages 466-478. "Index of composers": pages 479-482.