The Great Stalacpipe Organ spans 3.5 acres of the cave and is considered the world’s largest musical instrument. The name is a combination of the words stalactite and pipe organ but in actuality, it is a percussion instrument. Alan Goffinski hide caption toggle caption Alan Goffinski The Great Stalacpipe Organ
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A Celebrated Virtuoso on an Instrument She Wasn’t Meant to Play
MANCHESTER, England — The ethereal sound of the kora, a centuries-old West African instrument, reverberated as Sona Jobarteh, a virtuoso from one of Gambia’s most celebrated musical families, plucked its strings with her forefingers and thumbs. Under purple stage lights at the Manchester International Festival in July — her first