found. in almaty, a city at the foot of the zailiysky alatau mountain range, is a museum devoted to the musical instruments of the kazakh people. there, in a russian-style wooden structure known once 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. here are selections from that cassette, completely authentic, and signed, “abylai”.