Saeng hwang (Saenghwang) (gender unknown)
original: 생황 (hanja: 笙簧 [shēnghuáng])
Mouth organ with a circular (cup/bowl-shaped) wind chest
Similar to the Chinese Shēng, also with 17 pipes (one of them silent), but with a different tuning; Primarily used in chamber music, usually in combination with a Tanso or Danso (단소, a vertical notched flute) and Yanggum (양금, a hammered dulcimer); Traditionally the cup was a dried gourd but nowadays it is usually made of metal or wood; According to Blench the instrument was "introduced into Korea from China during the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC to 668 AD)" and according to Pat Missin the historical name was Saeng (생) only; NB: In the Chinese (hanja) spelling, which is quite commonly used in Korea, the second syllable (簧 [huáng]) translates as "reed"; NB: ➺ Shō (Japan).
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 (saeng hwang).
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