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Njari without LT manual: "TIC 146"

G# / Ab (closest chromatic pitch)
29
No Buzzers.
Simon Mashoko
Beardmore Mine School, Bikita dist
Karanga
1973
1971
From Andrew Tracey's Mbira Catalogue:
Njari, SHONA/KARANGA
Made by Simon Mashoko at Beardmore Mine School, Bikita dist, c 1972. Kiaat.

From ILAM's Instrument Inventory:
Made by Simon Mashoko. Coll. AT 1970s. From Glenclova mine, Bikita District, Zimbabwe.
19 keys incl. 14 upper rank, brown kiat body, H: 21.7, W: at bottom 20.1, no rattles, rectangular bar.
Almost unused instr. Separate backrest Probably bamboo. Body is now slightly twisted.

ILAM
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