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Duct flute; suling
A suling tembang, duct flute with external duct. Made of a variety of bamboo with a particularly straight bore and long nodes, with a thin ring of soaked bamboo forming the airway that channels the player's breath towards the lower edge of the hole in the side of the tube. Six fingerholes.
- Date:
circa 1978 - Maker:
Workshop of Pa Adis - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Bandung (Timezone: Asia/Jakarta) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.211.12 Open flutes with external duct with fingerholes
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- Materials:bamboo
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.211.12 Open flutes with external duct with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 573 mm x 55 mm x 22 mm