Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1794
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	pū
Subject
	423.111.1
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Hawaiian
Format
	6.7 in. length
Identifier
	6063
Source
	Polynesia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	U.S.A.--Hawaii
Alternative Title
	pū kani
Medium
	shell - conch
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Oceania
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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