By Remo.; The mini shakers can be played singly or in pairs and can create more sounds then meets the eye.; Play them like maracas, or the Brasilian Caxixi basket shakers. Create different sounds just by squeezing ends of shaker with your fingers.The Mini shakers are made with metal beads in a tube (no lead contained in this product) and capped with Fiberskyn3 drumhead material.2" x 2-1/4"; Mini Shaker from Remo Belli on Vimeo.