Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/8209
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	contrabass flute in C
Subject
	421.121.12
Publisher
	Kotato & Fukushima
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	cosmopolitan
Format
	106.8 in. length of air chamber
1.97 in. diameter of bore
69 in. height (w/o stand)
20.2 in. greatest width
Source
	East Asia
Coverage
	Japan
Alternative Title
	contra bass flute
	double bass flute
	double bass flute in C
	octobass flute
	sub bass flute
Extent
	contra bass in C
Medium
	metal
	spring – flat and/or needle
	keypads
Requires
	one
Is Part Of
	flute ensembles
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - cylindrical 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, directly blown against
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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