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Artisanal Acoustics: Crafted String and Percussion
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  • 1. Ancient Greek string instrument often made with a tortoise shell body
  • 2. Keyboard instrument with metal plates struck by hammers, bell-like tone
  • 3. Medieval bowed fiddle precursor to the modern violin family
  • 5. Drone-producing string instrument turned by a crank, evokes mechanical chant
  • 6. Goblet drum with goat skin, integral to West African community music
  • 8. Filipino bamboo percussion instrument, split tube producing harmonic overtones
  • 16. Double bell idiophone common in Afro-Brazilian rhythms
  • 17. Long-necked, waisted lute prominent in Persian classical music
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  • 4. Indian plucked string instrument with sympathetic strings and gourd resonators
  • 7. Hammered or plucked string instrument, Appalachian or European types
  • 9. Kettledrums tuned by pedal—classics of orchestral percussion
  • 10. Swedish keyed fiddle with sympathetic strings, medieval heritage
  • 11. Two-stringed bowed instrument pivotal in Chinese classical tradition
  • 12. Spanish plucked string instrument with a mandolin-like sound
  • 13. Portable lamellophone of African origin, a thumb-plucked melodic box
  • 14. Mallet percussion with wooden bars, African roots, Central American evolution
  • 15. Rare Indian bowed instrument named after a fierce mythical weapon
  • 18. West African harp-lute, 21 strings, traditionally crafted from calabash
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