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The fixed-key balafons are generally mounted on or suspended from a frame, with or without calabash resonators.
One or two of the keys of the balafon are sometimes struck rhythmically with the handle of the beater or with wooden sticks.
The reason for the existence of this type of balafons is that balafons are often sacred instruments and cannot therefore be taken freely from the storehouse where they are kept.
The keys are cut from béné wood and suspended on a wooden frame, over calabash gourd resonators of graduated sizes resulting in a continuous nasal buzzing sound due to a small hole in each gourd covered with a membrane made of a paper thin spider's egg case.
Balafons are played sitting down,or by attaching a strap to the frame, they can be played while standing.
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