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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Simantra (or simantron) is a Greek percussion instrument used in Greek liturgical service and consisting of a block of wood, essentially a specific length of cut dried lumber like a two-by-four, mounted (resembling a sawhorse) and struck with a mallet. It has been used by classical composers include Iannis Xenakis (Persephassa) and in Michael Gordon's piece Timber (2011). Less intense in sound than tom-toms and snare drums, they are comparatively rich in overtones compared to the bars of percussion such as a marimba or xylophone, where the fundamental is primary. The tone appears to vary based how near or far from the center the mallets strike the board.

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