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Hornbostel-Sachs (classification)

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... > Aerophones > Free aerophones > Interruptive free aerophones > Idiophonic interruptive aerophones or reeds > Beating reeds > Sets of beating reeds > Sets of beating reeds with keyboard

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412-122-8Sets of beating reeds with keyboard   Link to MIMO collections

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  • Reed instruments that are free aerophones are sounded by a flow of air in which the reed is the primary vibrator. In sets of beating reeds the air-stream is directed against a set of lamellae, setting them in periodic vibration to interrupt the stream intermittently. The lamellae periodically open and close a set of apertures. The instrument is tuned by mechanical action on the lamellae. Such reeds may have a resonator, in which the air vibrates only in a secondary sense, not producing the sound; generally recognizable by the absence of fingerholes. With a keyboard. (en)

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  • 412-122-8

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6483

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