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Jack Campin Unusual materials for instruments (28) RE: Unusual materials for instruments 24 May 21

Recycled donkeys:

The quijada

I have a couple of Chinese "dizi" flutes. These have a kazoo-like membrane to modify the sound.   Traditionally it's glued down with "eijiao", donkey hide gelatin. Fresh garlic juice works about as well, and the donkey hide trade is so horrific I wouldn't consider replacing the eijiao I currently have - donkeys are traded from Africa on a huge and destructive scale to feed the demand for eijiao as a traditional Chinese medicine.

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