Jubalee harp
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- Jubal: "[Jubal] was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ" (Genesis 4.21)
- jubilee: a year of celebration and forgiveness originally held every 50 years in both Judaism and Christianity; the name comes from the Hebrew word for a ram's horn, trumpet or cornet (yowbel); cornets were blown to celebrate the jubilee
