Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2386
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	tin whistle
Subject
	421.221.12
Publisher
	Clarke (first instrument)
Soodlum (second instrument)
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Irish
	Celtic
Format
	12.6 in. length (first instrument)
11.6 in. length (second instrument)
Identifier
	6094 
	6081
Source
	Northern Europe
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Ireland
	United Kingdom
Alternative Title
	feadóg stáin
	pennywhistle
Medium
	metal - sheet
	wood
	plastic
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - tapering with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, indirectly blown against with aid of duct
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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