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Kawö (gender unknown)

original: ? (Myanmar (Burmese))

?

Hornpipe with a mouthpiece: gourd / chanter + drone, no bell / free reeds

No identical types known (yet).

Kwanhai-Palauṅ people, Kunhawt [though the name of the instrument is from Namhsan, ca. 20 km N of Kunhawt], Shan State, eastern Myanmar [NE of Mandalay]; The Palauṅ of Kodaung [WSW of Mandalay] have a similar, larger instrument (chanter: 400 mm), the name of which is, however, not mentioned in Sachs.

2 cylindrical tubes, each with a metal Free reed; Left: drone [ca. 112 mm?] / Right: chanter (305 mm) with 7 fingerholes [and a thumbhole?]; NB: The instrument shown in Sachs seems to be provided with (at least) 1 venthole.


Sources

Sachs, Curt: Die Musikinstrumente Birmas und Assams im K. Ethnographischen Museum zu München. München, 1917, p.42-43, pl.18* (№s 81-82).