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Mbila dzamadeza: "5-manuals"

G (closest chromatic pitch)
34
Buzzers dampened.
James Munyai
Tshaulu
1988
1989
Jaco Kruger collection

[Mbira Catalogue:] Lion carved in relief on the back. Bass-on-left. Three manuals, x 34. Octaves not as large as he sometimes makes them.

Second and third lowest bass keys synthesized by transposing the lowest one.
ILAM
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Grahamstown, South Africa

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