Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2373
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	horanava
Subject
	422.112.2
Contributor
	Gaelyn Hutchinson
Type
	Sinhalese
Format
	11.5 in. length
3.9 in. diameter of bell rim
.62 in. width of reed

Identifier
	6141
	6140
Source
	South Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Sri Lanka
Alternative Title
	horanǟwa
	Sinhalese oboe
	Sri Lankan oboe
	horanåva
	horanawa
Medium
	wood
	metal
	reed - cane
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Vetter collection
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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