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Motsu (gender unknown)

original: ?

Identical types: 26
Shō

Mentioned in Sachs as one of the 17 pipes of a Shō; Term not encountered in Malm, nor in Miki; Probably a misinterpretation of one of the other terms (Compare Kotsu and Otsu).

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile], p.370 (➺ Šo).