A percussion instrument which is excellent in workability at the time of assembly and maintenance and capable of sustaining sounding members in vibration to generate high quality musical tones. The sounding members are arranged in the order of tone pitch, and a supporting cord is inserted through respective through holes formed in the sounding members. The supporting cord is formed at its surface with nonwoven fabric comprised of intertwined ultrafine fibers. The supporting cord inserted through the sounding members is supported at its portions located outside the through holes by fasteners provided on a lower surface of a resonance box.