Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1515
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	turu
Subject
	423.122.1
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Kpelle
Format
	14 to 23.6 in. lengths
Identifier
	2584 
	2585
	2586
	2587
Source
	West Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Liberia
Medium
	wood
Requires
	4 (1 for each horn)
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Grinnell College Department of Anthropology
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over hole in side 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
	single pitch - one pitch produced in single air cavity
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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