Hornbostel - Sachs
type: ConceptScheme

End-blown conches
type: Concept
narrower: End-blown conches without mouthpiece
notation: 423.111

End-blown conches without mouthpiece
type: Concept
broader: End-blown conches
definition: The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. The air-stream passes through the player's vibrating lips, so gaining intermittent access to the air column which is to be made to vibrate. A conch shell serves as a trumpet. It is end-blown, and has no mouthpiece. India.
in scheme: Hornbostel - Sachs
notation: 423.111.1