Mbira
Musical instrument
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Mbira are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs, the... Wikipedia
Instrument family: Idiophone and Lamellophone
Related instruments: Matepe
Categories: lamellophones
Attack: fast
Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 122.1; (Plucked idiophone)
Timbre: clear, percussive, chimelike
Volume: low