Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3326
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	Lobi whistle
Subject
	421.141.22
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Lobi
	Gan
Format
	10.5 in. height
3.4 in. greatest width
Identifier
	6168
Source
	West Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Burkina Faso
Alternative Title
	tira
Medium
	wood
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Vetter collection
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
	notched cut in rim at end of tube or in opening of vessel
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

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