Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1249
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	suona
Subject
	422.112.2
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Type
	Han
Format
	20.3 in. length (first instrument)
23.2  in. length (second instrument)
12.8  in. length (third instrument)

Identifier
	853
	397
	6129
Source
	East Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	China
Alternative Title
	haidi
	aizai
	suerna
	laba
	so-na
Medium
	wood
	metal
	reed - cane
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Jingju (Beijing Opera) Ensemble from China
	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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