Show I Marimba of African Origin The rhe m Is a musical Instrument Instrument ment nent of ol African origin It Is a sort of or xylophone The hardwood keys are attached by rawhide to the semicircular framework frame frame- work 1 and are beaten with rubber rubber- tipped drumsticks Gourds in graduated graduated grad grad- siz sizes size's s are attached underneath for tor sounding sour boxes and each gourd lia haa a hole In III its side covered over wIth a parchment like film ob obtained obtained ob- ob tamed from spiders' spiders nests This device is quito quite essential to the production production pro pro- of musical sound The can be le heard at a distance of several miles and the music has hasa a very verr characteristic and pleasing quail quality ty i The marimba with some structural structural structural tural differences liar has been highly developers develOp d In S South America and marimba bands from there have visited the United States where phonograph records of their playIng playIng play play- Ing log are available Nothing seems sms to b be as nod ore ore-as or as tad had as aIt It once seemed I Utica Ober Observer Dispatch atch |