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original: 우 (hanja: 竽 [yú])

Mouth organ (Southeast Asia)

Identical types: 20

Early Chinese mouth-organ (➺ 竽笙 (Yú shēng)), known from Korean records; Extinct; NB: ➺ Japan.

Sources

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.8.