The MEINL Cone-Stack is a fourchambered shaker with some wild characteristics. Two balanced chambers are connected with a center screw, and may be played as a pair, or as one shaker. As a pair, they have a high and a low side, plus an open bell, also tuned high and low. They can be played like maracas. Screw them together, and you get a kind of multi-chambered stereo effect! It’s a great, full sound with metallic overtones. You can play it sort of like a shekere, or wah-wah the open bell chambers, or clasp it in the middle balance point for fine shaker techniques.

The MEINL Helix Bowl is a wonderful new instrument consisting of a steel helix welded to a resonating chamber. The Helix Bowl is either stroke or struck, and is played off the body in the manner of a berimbau, for a deep resonating wah-wah effect. Optional dampening is possible with just a touch of a finger.

The MEINL Liquid Triangle is a solid steel triangle, welded securely to a steel shell, creating a chamber which contains liquid and is closed with a very thin plate. The triangle portion may be played in the classical manner, while the chamber creates eerie resonant overtones.

Two resonant liquid chambers are connected by a long steel spiral. The Galaxy is held in one hand, while the other hand holds a beater, and it may be played something like a classical triangle. By slightly altering the position of the Galaxy, liquid inside the two chambers exerts variable dampening on the thin steel resonator plates.