Talk:Oopoochawa

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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Oopoochawa was copied or moved into Lamellophone with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

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Merging into mbira

Sirlanz, Kkhemet, I was hoping to save this article by verifying its contents in its sources. The single mention of “Oopoochawa” was a passing mention in its source ‘’Musical Instruments of Africa’’, which says, “The thumb piano... many names given to this instrument throughout Africa... In other parts of Africa it is called...oopoochawa....” Nothing anywhere that I could locate will tie this particular African lamellophone instrument to South America or the Caribbean. Related instruments there include the “quisanche” and marímbula.

There is no mention anywhere of the alternately spelled “opochawa.” This article is the only mention of oopoochawaw on the internet that I could find. I am merging this article into lamellophone, as the name and its source can be documented. I was going to merge into Mbira, the name suggested by Tracey Hugh as a good name for this class of instrument. However his 1927 suggestion never took hold. Mbira remains the name of a specific African lamellophone today, although well known (along with Kalimba). Jacqke (talk) 16:17, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]