About: El Puente/The Bridge

As I previously stated in the post about the anatomy of the castanets, I have my own personal theory about the origin of the name 'bridge' for the upper part of the castanets: since the castanets in their current form is most closely related to the various forms of the greek κρόταλα/krotala (clappers), it is in my opinion likely that the name stems from the thin strip of leather that was used on the greek instruments to connect the two pieces of wood/shells/whatever that was used to make the sounds, and which thus acted as a "bridge". I found this short video on Youtube demonstrating what the greek predeccesors might have looked like, and you can see what I mean. Please let me know if anybody has any further information :)