Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1800
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	rkang-gling
Subject
	423.121.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Tibetan
Format
	13 in. length (first instrument)
9.1 in. length (second instrument)

Identifier
	6091 
	6073
Source
	South Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	China (Tibetan Autonomous Region), Nepal, India, Bhutan
Alternative Title
	gangling
	kangling
Medium
	bone
	metal
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Bibliographic Citation
	Helffer, Mireille. 1984. “Rkang-gling.” NGDMI v.3: 252.
Mai Jizeng. 2002. "The Traditional Music of Tibet." In The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music v. 7. ed. Robert C. Provine, Yosihiko Tokumaru, and J. Lawrence Witzleben. New York: Routledge, pp. 471-484.
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical 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 open end 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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