The natives of British Central Africa . the illustration,which is played by women only, and is simply a pieceof reed, slightly bent, with a string fastened at one endand wound on the other, so that it can be tightened upat pleasure. One end of this is held in the mouth andthe string twanged with the finger, producing a veryslight but not unpleasant sound, which, as BishopColenso remarked of a somewhat similar instrumentin Natal, * gratifies the performer and annoys nobodyelse. The sansi has a set of iron keys fixed on a woodensounding-box, and played with the thumbs ; it has apiece of metal fi
The natives of British Central Africa . the illustration,which is played by women only, and is simply a pieceof reed, slightly bent, with a string fastened at one endand wound on the other, so that it can be tightened upat pleasure. One end of this is held in the mouth andthe string twanged with the finger, producing a veryslight but not unpleasant sound, which, as BishopColenso remarked of a somewhat similar instrumentin Natal, * gratifies the performer and annoys nobodyelse. The sansi has a set of iron keys fixed on a woodensounding-box, and played with the thumbs ; it has apiece of metal fixed on the front of the box, to whichare attached small discs cut from the shells of thegreat Achatina snail, so as to clash when shaken, likethe bells on a tambourine. A very similar instrumenthas the keys made of bamboo. A flute {chitoliro) is made out of a piece of bambooabout a foot long, cut off immediately above and belowthe joints, so that it is closed at both ends, and fromthree to six holes bored in the side, some of which are.
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