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found. almaty, a city at the foot of the zailiysky alatau mountain range, is home to a museum devoted to the musical instruments of the kazakh people. there, in a russian-style wooden structure once known as the “officer’s house”, may be found a man singing and playing the dombyr, a type of two-stringed lute. afterward, he will offer to sell you an unlabelled cassette, undoubtedly self-recorded, that includes a slip of typewritten notes with the signature, “abylai”.
