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Title: Sanza or thumb piano, early 20th century [Go to resource]
Description: Unknown musicians made these instrument in Africa, recycling Huntley and Palmer's biscuit tins. This type of instrument is known by different names in various parts of Africa; mbira, kalimba, and sansi. Europeans call them thumb pianos or lamellaphones. Huntley & Palmers' biscuit tins were reused in many different ways across the world and were sometimes as highly prized as their contents. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: thumb piano
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sanza
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tinTemporal: start=1900-01-01; end=1940-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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