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Sheng

Scope note

Mouth organs of China having a bowl-shaped windchest of wood or metal with a short blowpipe extending out from the side, and bamboo pipes of varying lengths, usually 17 in number, arranged in an incomplete circle and mounted through holes in the top of the windchest. A free-beating reed of copper or an alloy is attached at the bottom of each pipe within the windchest. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212031

Broader Terms used

mouth organs

Created

13yrs ago

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