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Array mbira is a hand-crafted modern musical instrument with a
unique harp or bell-like sound. It is made in the United States
by its inventor Bill Wesley and manufactured by Wesley with
Patrick Hadley in San Diego, California, United States. It is a
radical redesign of the African mbira and is part of the
lamellaphone family.  The metal tines are grouped into multiple
octaves. Sounding each grouping of octaves in a left-to-right
direction runs through the circle of fifths, and sounding each
group in a right-to-left direction runs through the circle of
fourths (unlike a piano which runs through the chromatic scale).
Usually, the Array mbira contains two and a half repetitions of
the entire chromatic scale, arranged in a continuous circle of
fifths. The octaves of each note (A220, A440, and A880, for
example) are grouped together in a staggered, nearly vertical
arrangement. Each of the meta