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Nyonganyonga / Malimba: "TIC 052 Sena/Barwe Nyonganyonga"
Reference Key:
G# / Ab (closest chromatic pitch)
Key Count:
26
Sound Info:
Buzzers dampened
Maker:
N.N./Andrew Tracey
Made in/before:
1970
Comments:
Coll. by AT in 1972 from Bero Kabunu, in Catandica (formerly Vila Gouveia), Central Mozambique.
Remade in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa.
Only the metal parts (keys, bridge, bar) are original, AT made body and rattle plate with snail shell buttons and beads.
Bar inscribed "PIOSI PIRIP", riveted.
See AT article “The original African mbira?”.
Bought by AT from Bero Kabunu, Catandica (formerly Vila Gouveia), Mozambique, in 1972.
Audio slicing by Zack Moon in Oct. 2018.
Last known owner:
ILAM
Owner Contact:
Please
get in touch.
Last known location:
Grahamstown, South Africa
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