Húlúsī (-)
original: 葫芦丝 (simplified; traditional: 葫蘆絲)
Hornpipe with a mouthpiece: gourd / chanter + 2 drones, no bell / idioglot single reeds
Literal translation: 葫芦: "bottle gourd/calabash"; 丝: "silk" (NB: 丝竹 (sīzhú) is used as a general term for traditional string and wind instruments; ➺ Sīzhú yuè); Triple hornpipe with a calabash mouthpiece (compare Indian Tiktirī); Its chanter is placed between 2 drones of different length; Despite the fact that his description is correct, Blench defines it, erroneously, as a mouth organ (used primarily in Yunnan); NB: ➺ ? (triple clarinet [Term not mentioned in available sources]) (Myanmar).
中国 [Zhōngguó]: 中国音乐词典。中国艺术研究院音乐研究所 «中国音乐词典» 编辑部 编 [Zhōngguó yīnyuè cídiǎn. Zhōngguó Yìshù Yánjiū Yuàn Yīnyuè Yánjiū Suǒ «Zhōngguó yīnyuè cídiǎn» biānjí bù biān; Chinese music dictionary, compiled by the Chinese Art Research Inst., Music Research Inst., "Chinese music dictionary" editorial board]. 北京 [Běijīng], 1984, p.166•3*.
Blench, Roger: The history and distribution of the free-reed mouth-organ in SE Asia (presented at the 14th EurASEAA meeting, Dublin, September 2012 (Draft submitted for proceedings, 2012), p.6.
汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.284 (húlú) & 647 (sī ➀; ➺ sīzhú).