Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2707 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title jew’s harp Subject 121.221 Publisher Made in England (gallery #1) unknown (gallery #2) Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 4.4 in. length of frame (gallery #1) 3.1 in. length of frame (gallery #2) Identifier 6128 Source Northern Europe Western Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe North America Language EN Alternative Title trump jaw’s harp mouth harp jew’s trump guimbarde gumbard gewgaw Maultrommel crembalum mungiga ribeba birimbao trompa vargan Medium metal Requires 1 Is Part Of Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Europe Americas Provenance Vetter collection Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone tongue - heteroglot Sound objects per instrument for idiophone one Resonator design for idiophone mouth cavity Number of players for idiophone one Sounding principle for idiophone flexing - direct Sound exciting agent for idiophone fingertip/s, fingernail/s, finger-mounted pick/s Energy input motion by performer for idiophone plucking Pitch of sound produced for idiophones definite pitch Sound modification for idiophones changing shape of mouth cavity to amplify partials of the fundamental sound Category of Instrument idiophone --