The perfect book for percussionists, conductors, and composer/arrangers alike, Vic Firth's A Guide to Your Percussion Section covers all the standard and unusual instruments from Cymbals and Timpani, to all varieties of mallet and keyboard percussion instruments and accessories. Mr. Firth, longtime principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, covers tuning, tone production, stick and mallet selection, projection and proper care of the instruments along with much other useful information.