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Trough zither.
Technical description: Rectangular body of wood; one bridge at each end of trough; 7 strings from single length of nylon; one peg anchors the length of the last (lowest) string length; at least two pentatonic tunings are used.
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Pre 1965 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Northern Uganda/Uganda - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:315.1-5 Trough zithers without resonator sounded by the bare fingers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:315.1-5 Trough zithers without resonator sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:length 515.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17893