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Wind chest / Windchest

Laye; Windkasten; Secreto.

Identical types: 5
Mouth organ with a "rectangular" or tubular wind chest

The base of Southeast Asian mouth organs, serving as an "air distributor".

Sources

Malm, William P.: Japanese music and musical instruments [1959]. Rutland, 1965 (3), p.98 (wind chest).

Cross, Thomas E.: Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet. Vermillion, 1982, p.24 (windchest).

Catlin, Amy: Hmong musical instruments. In: The Garland encyclopedia of world music (4): Southeast Asia (ed. 2013) (wind chest).