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Hornbostel-Sachs (classification)

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... > Aerophones > Wind instruments proper > Edge instruments or flutes > Flutes without duct > Side-blown flutes > (Single) side-blown flutes > Stopped side-blown flutes > Stopped side-blown flutes without fingerholes > Stopped side-blown flutes without fingerholes, adjustable stopped lower end

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421.121.312Stopped side-blown flutes without fingerholes, adjustable stopped lower end   Link to MIMO collections

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  • Stopped side-blown flutes without fingerholes, with adjustable stopped lower end (piston flutes) The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. The player blows against the sharp rim of a hole in the side of a tube. The distal end of the tube has an adjustable stopper. The instrument has no fingerholes. (piston flutes) Malacca, New Guinea. (en)

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  • 421.121.312

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/273

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