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121.1Clack idiophones   Link to MIMO collections

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  • The substance of the instrument itself, owing to its solidity and elasticity, vibrates and radiates sound. A lamella, i.e. elastic plaque, fixed at one end, is flexed and then released to return to its position of rest. The lamella is carved in the surface of a fruit shell, which serves as resonator. Melanesia (cricri). (en)

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/59

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