Malakat

Malakat side-blown trumpet of Ethiopia, made of a long bamboo tube with bell of copper or of an elongated gourd, covered entirely with skin. The bell is attached to the tube by means of a length of curved horn, so that it is perpendicular to the tube. The malakat was described by Laborde in 1780. Also called meleketa (124, 132, 144). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Laborde, Jean Benjamin de. Essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne. Paris, 1780. Mahillon, Victor. Catalogue…