Pán (Shēng pán / Shēngpán) (-)
original: 盘 (笙盘)
top of the cup of a mouth organ with a circular (cup/bowl-shaped) wind chest
Literal translation: "tray/plate/dish", "something shaped like or used as a tray, &c."; Top [lid] of the cup of the Yuán shēng with the holes in which the pipes are inserted.
中国 [Zhōngguó]: 中国乐器图志 [Zhōngguó yuèqì túzhì; A pictorial record of Chinese musical instruments]. 刘东升 [Liú Dōngshēng], 胡传藩 [Hú Zhuànfān], 胡彦久 [Hú Yànjiǔ †] 编著 [biānzhù; editors]. 北京 [Běijīng], s.a. [1987], p.311*.
笙的演奏法 [Shēng de yǎnzòu fǎ] [Playing method for the Shēng (Description of the instrument)], p.3*.