Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1248
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	sheng
Subject
	412.132
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Type
	Han
Format
	19.3 in. height
Identifier
	711
	7108
Source
	East Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	China
Alternative Title
	xioasheng
Medium
	wood
	bamboo
	reed - metal
	beeswax
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Sizhu Ensemble from China
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
	Perman collection
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
	exposed 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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