Object name: Instrument / Object class: Musical instruments / Collection place: Southeast Asia - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Instrument, accession number 9-17906, described as Reed organ, bamboo; has six reeds; reeds have small holes burnt into them & slots cut out of them; each reed:1 cm.in diam.(aver.); reeds held together by split bamboo(?), mastic & piece of carved light weight wood; wood hollowed out allowing reeds to pass through at 90 deg. angle; overall shape of wood is ovaline with one end flat (end blown into to play organ), other having thin round protrusion; small blocks of wood between reeds to hold ends of split binding material. 49.7 cm. long (longest reed) to 38.4 cm. long (shortest)

Hearst Museum object titled Instrument, accession number 9-12850, described as mouth organ, reed & gourd; 6 reeds inserted into gourd & held in place w/ mastic; L. 60 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Instrument, accession number 9-17907, described as Reed organ, bamboo; w/ fourteen reeds; reeds have small holes burnt into them & slots cut out of them; reeds held together by split bamboo (?), mastic, & piece of carved dark wood; wood hollowed out so reeds pass through at 90 deg. angle; wood is ovaline in shape, one end flat, other end has knobbed, circular protrusion; small blocks of wood between reeds to hold ends of binding material. L. 72.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Instrument, accession number 9-12851, described as mouth organ; 2 rows of graduated reeds (8 in a row); barrel-shaped wood mouthpiece attached near center of instrument and held in place w/ mastic; L. 73 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Instrument, accession number 9-17271, described as Mus.wind instr.;2 rows of hollow rods (6 altogether) of varying lengths,held together by pitch,rods running through middle of gourd; longest rod 65 cm, shortest rod 35 cm.