Pressed out of shape by the thumb and released, it yielded a very distressing, tinkling _click_.

Nothing else was needed to take the popular mind by storm.

The "cricket" had its day of glory.
Oblivion has executed justice upon it so effectually that I fear I shall not be understood when I recall this celebrated device.
The membranous cymbal and the steel cricket are analogous instruments.
Both produce a sound by reason of the rapid deformation and recovery of an elastic substance--in one case a convex membrane; in the other a slip of steel.

The "cricket" was bent out of shape by the thumb.

How is the convexity of the cymbals altered?
Let us return to the "church" and break down the yellow curtain which closes the front of each chapel.