Treshchotka
Sign in to savethumb|right|Treshchotka A treshchotka ( or treskotukha () is a Russian folk music idiophone percussion instrument which produces a clicking/cracking sound. It consists of a set of small boards somewhat loosely threaded by one end on a string or a pair of strings, with the ends sticking out, used to hold and rattle the instrument. The word itself generically denotes any device that makes a cracking sound (from the noun "", tresk).
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thumb|right|Treshchotka A treshchotka ( or treskotukha () is a Russian folk music idiophone percussion instrument which produces a clicking/cracking sound. It consists of a set of small boards somewhat loosely threaded by one end on a string or a pair of strings, with the ends sticking out, used to hold and rattle the instrument. The word itself generically denotes any device that makes a cracking sound (from the noun "", tresk).
thumb|left|Biritches, by Viktor Vasnetsov. The leftmost [[biritch holds a ratchet-type treshchotka]] In northwestern Russia the term treshchotka denotes a ratchet noisemaker, where a gearwheel on a handle rattles wooden planks in a rotating frame.