Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1541
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	aben
Subject
	423.122.1
Contributor
	Toby Austin, Roger Vetter
Date
	1993
Type
	Fante
Format
	21.7 in. length
19.8 in. length
10.1 in. length

Identifier
	6010 
	6011
	6012
Source
	West Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Ghana
Medium
	wood
	cord - cotton
Requires
	1 per aben
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Vetter collection
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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