Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1246
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	khaen
Subject
	412.132
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Lao
Format
	42 in. length of longest tubes
31 in. length of shortest tubes
4.1 in. width
.35 - .45 in. range of tube diameters

Identifier
	413
Source
	Southeast Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Laos
	Thailand
Alternative Title
	khene
	kaen 
Medium
	bamboo
	reed - metal
	wood
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation and inhalation through mouth creates airstream through instrument; bidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	encased free reed mounted on wall of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	none
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	not used
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - multiple single-pitch tubes bundled together and activated directly by player
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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