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Originally Posted by Turser1988
.. Maybe Its Popular somewhere ...
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It is the national instrument of Paraguay. They are played in restaurants, malls, even at the airport in Asuncion. Usually solo in those situations, sounding much like a piano.
The sound boxes on them are made of the same tonewoods as guitars. We're talking a country with a long guitar tradition that not only grows its own tonewoods which are not exported to luthiers in other countries, but..ahem..shares borders with Brazil and Bolivia. Need I say more?
I don't know a lot about the plentiful Paraguayan luthiers, but Sanabria harps and guitars are supposed to be handmade by fourth generation builders.