clarinet and bells

whenever the sound of the clarinet and the delicate tinkle of the little bells floated down from above, the hasidim began to gather in the garden, until there was a whole crowd of them. the music would soon triumph over their dejection and they would dance....


"the other way" about baal shem tov's musicians he asked to play to counter a fast that was called by the rabbi of apt to relieve a period of great stress.

tales of the hasidim, ed. by martin buber
p. 55