Suling (End blown flute)

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Instrument

End blown flute/Flutes/Wind/Musical Instrument ; End blown flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Place Made

Asia ; Indonesia

Date Made

1981

Description

Technical description: Bamboo or cane body with external duct; 6 finger-holes on top in two groups of three. The finger holes are quite large in relation to the bore, so cross fingerings are not effective. Accompanied by a colour photograph showing a native player in action.

Notes

R. Parks October 1991; P.R. Cooke, 1993.

Measurements

540.

Provenance

Collected by Fiona Scott-Barrett, May 1981; bought from the subject of the photograph. ; Gift of Nadine Parks, 1991.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3196