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Fēngxiāng (-)

original: 风箱

wind box, wind chest

device with a pedal to help push air into the air chamber of a circular (cup/bowl-shaped) wind chest

No identical types known (yet).

Defined by Wong as a device "to help push air by pressing of a pedal, allowing notes to be played for a longer period of time, even though no blowing has been effected", adding that "Such a device is rarely used in modern Chinese orchestras".


Sources

Wong, Samuel Shengmiao: Qi’ - An instrumental guide to the Chinese orchestra. Singapore, 2005, p.144.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.202 & 754.