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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Sound Devices > sound devices > <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> > idiophones > struck idiophones > directly struck idiophones > percussion idiophones > percussion idiophones: solid-bodied > xylophones > xylophones: gourd-resonated
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Xylophones of the Manding people of West Africa, having wood keys thinned on the ends and undersides for tuning and with a gourd resonator beneath each; they are played exclusively by male professional musicians, using a rubber-tipped hammer in each hand and often with bells strapped to their wrists.
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- balo [en]
- balo [nl]
- balo [es]
- balafons (balos) [en]
- balafos [en]
- balafous [en]
- balaphons [en]
- balas (xylophones) [en]
- balofons [en]
- balo's [nl]