Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1245
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	sahnai
Subject
	422.112.2
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Type
	Indo-Aryan
Format
	19.1 in. length
Identifier
	396
Source
	South Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	India
	Pakistan
Alternative Title
	sanai
	shahnai
	shehnai
Medium
	wood
	reed - cane
	metal
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with flaring open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	exposed concussion (multiple) reed
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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