Headless Tambourine – Bat Shape with Wooden Handle, 12 Bells

The bat is the only headless tambourine we build with a wooden handle: a crescent ABS body carrying twelve stainless steel bells on a beech handle, so it plays two ways — shaken from the handle like a tambourine, or turned over and struck like a small frame percussion instrument. No drumhead, nothing to tear or tune. The factory spec sheet gives it the broadest brief in the family — for every conceivable musical situation — and the largest bell count: twelve, in six positions of pair-mounted discs. Six colors, six order codes: 020051 red, 020052 orange-red, 020054 green, 020055 teal, 020056 blue and 020058 purple.

Key Specifications

Two Ways to Play, One Frame

The handle is the whole argument for this model, and it is an argument older players recognise:

• Shake it. Held by the beech handle, the crescent body swings free — twelve bells answer the wrist with a fuller wash than any frameless shape in the family.
• Strike it. Turned over, the ABS body takes a mallet or a hand: the same instrument covers a struck-percussion line in a classroom kit, which is why the factory spec gives it the broadest brief in the family — for every conceivable musical situation.
• Nothing to tear. No head, no tension ring, no tuning — the failure mode that ends most tambourines does not exist in this frame. For shared sets, an annual consumable becomes a multi-year asset.

The trade-off is honest: the handle adds a part that can be knocked, and at 280 mm the body is too large for the youngest one-hand players — the semi-circular (020041–020047) is that instrument.

Four Shapes, One Idea: Choosing Within the Family

All four shapes run on the same ABS-and-stainless platform, so a mixed order arrives as one product family with one parts list.

Features

• Durable plastic body made of ABS with a beech wooden handle
• 12 stainless steel bells — six positions, each mounted with a pair of metal discs
• Two playing methods — shake from the handle, or turn and strike the body
• Headless design — no drumhead to maintain
• Six colors — red / orange-red / green / teal / blue / purple, one SKU each
• For every conceivable musical situation, per the factory spec sheet
• Frames nest for compact classroom storage
• Packed in full-color box

What’s in the Box

• 1 × Headless Tambourine, bat shape with wooden handle, 12 bells — 020051 red / 020052 orange-red / 020054 green / 020055 teal / 020056 blue / 020058 purple, as ordered
• Full-color box — your artwork on OEM orders; export carton above, mixed colors allowed

Product Highlights

Applications

Product Positioning

The bat is the handled member of a four-shape headless family — arch (020013), oval (020031 / 020035 / 020038 / 020039) and semi-circular (020041–020047) — each on its own page with its own size and bell count. This shape is also a proven component in multi-piece percussion sets: our Percussion Set – Storage Tote 17-Piece lists one headless hand tambourine with twelve bells (020056) among its seventeen instruments. Where a programme needs tone as well as shimmer, the headed tambourine lines are the complement: the high-grade beech and birch-and-leather families run on separate production lines, so headed and headless models can be ordered together as one shipment.

It shares the production line with our own consumer brand Musicube — the same instrument family already selling on the US retail market under the Musicube name.

Quality & Manufacturing

The body is moulded in durable ABS and the twelve-bell stainless set is mounted and checked as a complete frame before packing; the beech handle is fitted, glued and load-checked as a separate operation, so the joint arrives tight. Because there is no head, there is no tensioning step and nothing to drift in transit. Where applicable, product testing and compliance documentation are reviewed according to the target market and agreed product requirements — tell us your destination market and we will confirm what applies to your order.

Below: the production line where this model runs.

OEM / ODM: Make It Yours

Once the instrument is proven, the next question is how it starts carrying your brand:

• Logo: print on the body or the handle, from low trial quantities.
• Colors: the six-color range is standard — volume orders can match your Pantone on the ABS body.
• Handle: beech as standard — alternative timbers and finishes can be discussed for volume programmes.
• Bell count: twelve as standard; the oval (7), semi-circular (4) and arch (16) shapes cover the rest of the programme on the same platform.
• Packaging: the full-color box takes your artwork natively — no sleeve needed.
• Documentation: where applicable, product testing and compliance documentation are reviewed according to the target market and agreed product requirements.

Request OEM pricing for this family → — costed proposal within 24 hours.

Packaging & Export

What lands at your warehouse:

• Each unit packed in a full-color box; export cartons engineered for drop-test survival, mixed colors allowed per carton for class-set orders.
• Shipping terms: FOB Ningbo/Shanghai; DDP available for EU and US destinations.
• MOQ, carton quantity and container loading are confirmed on your quotation — ask with your quantity.

Frequently Asked Questions