Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2382 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title bass sordun Subject 422.111.2 Publisher Renaissance Workshop Company Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 16.5 in. length (without staple and reed) Identifier 355 Language EN Alternative Title sourdine Sordun sordone sordoni dolzaine Extent Bass in F Medium wood metal reed - cane cork Requires 1 Is Part Of Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Europe Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Air cavity design for aerophones tubular - cylindrical with closed 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 not used Pitch production in aerophones multiple pitches - changing length/shape of standing wave within single cavity with fingerholes Category of Instrument aerophone --