Iannis Xenakis developed the sixxen for his piece Pléïades scored for six players of these instruments. Colin Currie is the dedicatee of a concerto by Jennifer Higdon for these instruments. The Vic Firth Company specializes in manufacturing (-5[1])equipment used for playing these (10[1])instruments. (10[1])Edgard Varèse’s Ionisation is for thirteen of these instruments. (10[1])Players often use a “trap table” to organize “auxiliary” examples of these instruments. Players typically use either a “traditional” or “matched” grip to play these instruments. (10[1])The non-profit PAS published (10[1])a (10[1])set of “international (10[2])rudiments” like the flam and paradiddle (-5[1])for these instruments, (10[1])whose players are usually (10[1])situated at the (10[1])back of the orchestra. For 10 points, name this (10[1])instrument family that (-5[1])includes (10[1])the marimba (10[1])and the snare drum. (10[1])■END■