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·? (triple clarinet [Term not mentioned in available sources])

original: ? (Myanmar (Burmese))

?

Hornpipe with a mouthpiece: gourd / chanter + 2 drones, no bell / free reeds

No identical types known (yet).

Palauṅ people of Kodaung (Shan State) and Namhkan (northern Shan State [NE of Mandalay], on the border with China), and of the Humai-Palauṅ (northern Shan State); Various sizes of triple clarinet, the names of which unfortunately are not mentioned in Sachs; Interestingly, 2 of the instruments shown in Sachs (nos. 86 and 88) look very similar to the Húlúsī shown in 中国音乐词典 (Zhōngguó yīnyuè cídiǎn [Chinese music dictionary]), Běijīng, 1984.

3 cylindrical tubes, each with a metal Free reed; Left: drone / Central: chanter with 7 fingerholes [+ thumbhole?]; Right: a 2nd drone; NB: These drones are of various (per instrument unequal), sizes, and their location (left or right) appears to be of no importance, seemingly depending on the choice of the maker.


Sources

Sachs, Curt: Die Musikinstrumente Birmas und Assams im K. Ethnographischen Museum zu München. München, 1917, p.43, pl.19* (№s 86-88).