Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2377
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	qeej
Subject
	412.132
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Hmong
Format
	36.8 in. height
26 in. length of mouthpiece stem and windchest
34.2 in. length of longest pipe
18.7 in. length of shortest pipe

Identifier
	6154
Source
	Southeast Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Thailand
Alternative Title
	raj qeej
Medium
	wood
	bamboo
	reed - metal
	rattan
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation and inhalation through mouth creates airstream through instrument; bidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	encased free reed mounted on wall 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
	multiple pitches - multiple single-pitch tubes bundled together and activated directly by player
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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