NWT656: One string guitar solo

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT656 (m on cylinder rim). 1. Announcement: Record 656, Sendugu, July 2nd 1914. Kundi [?], one string guitar. 2. Ref tone. 3. Solo bowed chordophone. 4. Rewound. 5. As track 3. NB: A kundi is a harp from the Azande of the northern Democratic of the Congo. A kondi is a lamellophone from Sierra Leone. Neither of these instruments would appear to be that played in this recording. Reasonable quality recording but weak signal. C51/3032 (better quality) is the master, C51/3033 is a duplicate. This is a digital access version of an original wax cylinder recording held in the collection of the British Library. Supplied and used with permission from The British Library.

Further Information

  • Type: Wax Cylinder Recordings
  • Object: NWT656: One string guitar solo
  • Materials: No Data / Other
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: 220 [Duration]
  • Production Date: 1914.07.02
  • Associated Places: Sendugu
  • Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
  • Museum: British Library
  • Accession Number: BL:C51/3032

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