Marimbula

Marimbula [marimba], 1. Afro-Cuban sansa with a variable number of short lamellae on a large resonator provided with a soundhole, usually rectangular but also circular or scaphoid. Ca. 44 cm. (17 in.) long. See also: quisanche; 2. according to Ortiz, a horn of Africa. Cf. malimba, 3 (152). Ortiz, Fernando. Los Instrumentos de la música afrocubana. Havana, 1952–55.