These are my percussion jokers, primarily drummers but also piano players, players of cymbals and bells, and at least two accordion players. Take a look. Here’s one typical dummer.
Here are the ensemble shots of my percussion section. There about 58 (July 2021).
See the blue drummer in middle of the bottom row just above here? Janet Lane, another joker aficionado, informed the Facebook joker collectors group that: It was made by RAP-IT Paper Company. It started in 1957 as a family business in Melbourne, Australia. It flourished. In 1993 the name changed to RAP-IT Packaging. In 2002 things were grim as they went into receivership. It went to public tender. The brand name was sold with the manufacturing unit to T.P.A. Packaging Pty Ltd, which interestingly started in 2002. Now seems be Aline Packaging, their web address was Rap-It (not now). Aline is Australian owned. Perhaps bought T.P.A. and the Rap-It brand name. Not sure when these were made, I think when the original company was still going. Don't know who designed them either, any help appreciated. The play of words for rap it, like a drum rap, was a nice touch for the jokers. Rap-It of course in turn being a play of words on Wrap it. Good to have some Australian band members ha.
More cymbals plus a harlequin tambourine player and a rabbit with some sort of drum. There are also the piano players who oddly, count as percussion (even though they are stringed).
There are two below with instruments that I am hard pressed to identify. Perhaps they are rattles?
There are eight percussion jokers in the musical ensemble section so that the ensemble groups can stay together. For example:
There's this drummer who is in the clown section although he's clearly drumming.
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| Drummer Clown in Clown Section |
And these dancers, they have cymbals who are in the dancer section. Are they mis-categorized? Should I move them? My basic rule is that jokers are categorized by what they are doing and these guys seem to be primarily dancing and just incidentally hitting the cymbals. That's why they're there.
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| Tambourine Jokers in the Dancing Section |
And in the midst of the performers section (with no cards), I find these two who also could be moved to the percussion section. But again, they seem to be actively dancing.
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| Tambourine Jokers in the Performers Section |
- Stringed Instruments
- Wind Instruments: (the flute players recently split into their own section)
- Percussion including piano. this page!
- Musical Ensembles (to keep joker sets together)
There are also jokers with real musicians which are in the real people section. And Elvis, the King, of course has his own section.
