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**Frownland** · 02-22-2016, 09:02 PM

Found this in an antique store the other day for around 600 USD. The guy in the store had no idea what it was since he consigned it on that shelf, but I think it's some kind of kora or ngoni from Africa. The thing that makes this one really unique for me is that there's a skin pulled over the gourd body similarly to a banjo (which I've never seen on a harplike instrument such as this) and that there's some amazing carving on the neck especially. I did play it a little bit, but I can't say much because about half of the strings weren't strung in a playable way and I wasn't brave enough to tune an instrument like that to my liking.

EDIT: Just found this, too. Maybe we can get LiL to help us make a cello?

02-22-2016, 09:02 PM	#33 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Found this in an antique store the other day for around 600 USD. The guy in the store had no idea what it was since he consigned it on that shelf, but I think it's some kind of kora or ngoni from Africa. The thing that makes this one really unique for me is that there's a skin pulled over the gourd body similarly to a banjo (which I've never seen on a harplike instrument such as this) and that there's some amazing carving on the neck especially. I did play it a little bit, but I can't say much because about half of the strings weren't strung in a playable way and I wasn't brave enough to tune an instrument like that to my liking. EDIT: Just found this, too. Maybe we can get LiL to help us make a cello? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x