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Xylophone.

Technical description: 18 wooden bars in bamboo frame with gourd resonators; bar width 50 - 30. Repair History: Partially retuned to diatonic scale by James Blades probably originally equi-heptatonic tuning. Holes in gourds for mirlitons (long missing) now covered by sellotape.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.212 Sets of percussion sticks
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:955