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CONGO XYEOPHONISTS AND THEIR HOME-MADE INSTRUMENT 



As found among the Bapinji, this is a highly developed instrument of music; it is well 

 tuned in a scale closely resembling ours. The blades are made of hardwood, and each blade 

 has a separate sounding-box, consisting of a dry gourd attached underneath. Some of the 

 players are real artists and have a repertoire of many tunes, but from the expression on the 

 face of the musician at the right it may be inferred that some one has struck a false note. 



A BAPINJI BEEERINGERI HIS TOCSIN IS A WOODEN GONG 



The gong is a highly developed means of signaling at considerable distances and certain 

 tribes are past masters in transmitting even the most complicated messages. 



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