Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3438
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	dung-chen
Subject
	423.121.12
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Tibetan
Format
	67.5 in. length
9.2 in. diameter of bell
.25 in. diameter of bore at mouthpiece end
2.1 in. diameter of mouthpiece
28.5 in. length when retracted
Identifier
	7784
Source
	South Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	China (Tibetan Autonomous Region), Nepal, India, Bhutan
Alternative Title
	dung chen
	zhangs-dung
	zangs dung
	tongqin
Medium
	metal - sheet
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Terese Grant donation, November 2017
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over cup mouthpiece at end of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	none
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple - changing length of standing wave by adding tube length with valves or slide and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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