Dai Hulusi Cucurbit Gourd Flute bB Key copper plating brush finish process #095

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NO.0095: Chinese Dai Nationality Woodwind Instrument Hulusi Cucurbit Gourd Flute bB Key Imitative-wood with copper plating
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Following is a sample hand-measured dimensions (approximately), the Measurements There may be some errors. Moreover, color may not appear exactly as in real life due to variation between computer monitor resolution and lights. As It is handmade products, so maybe the item you receive is a little different from the photo of order listed on eBay. (the slightly error). please prevail in kind. Thanks.
SPEC:
Chinese Dai Nationality Hulusi Cucurbit Gourd Flute Woodwind Instrument Imitative-wood with copper plating Wire drawing process / brush finish 仿木鍍銅拉絲工藝葫芦丝
Key: bB
Excellent quality
This product is a fine masterpiece of craftsmanship.
Condition: Brand New
Attention: Purchased hulusi cost free "Hulusi Tutorial Chinese version" 购买葫芦丝免费赠送《葫芦丝 巴乌实用教程》中文版
1. Hulusi is produced from Handmade, so there may be differences with each other.
2. The inner color of the case may be different with it shown in the picture. Color will be randomly selected.
3. Engraved patterns may be different with it shown in the pictures. Pattern will be randomly selected.
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We'd love to assist you to find or buy any type of traditional Chinese musical instrument.
The hulusi (traditional: 葫蘆絲; simplified: 葫芦丝; pinyin: húlúsī) or cucurbit flute is a free reed wind
instrument from China and the Shan State. The instrument's name comes from the Chinese words hulu, meaning "gourd," and si, meaning "silk" (referring to the instrument's smooth tone). The instrument is called pi lamtao in the Dai (Tai Nuea) language of Dehong and "pi namtao" in Lue language (Sipsong Panna), Khun language (Kengtung), Yuan language (Northern Thailand), Lao language and Thai language. It is held vertically and has three bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd wind chest; the center pipe has finger holes and the outer two are typically drone pipes. It is not uncommon for a hulusi to have only one drone pipe while the second outer pipe is merely ornamental. The drone pipe has a finger hole, which allows it to be stopped. Advanced configurations have keyed finger holes similar to a clarinet or oboe, which can greatly extend the range of the hulusi to several octaves.
The hulusi was originally used primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar and Yunnan province by a number of ethnic-minority groups, in particular the Dai people who call the instrument "pi lamtao" (筚朗叨 – the word "pi" means woodwind instruments, and the word "lamtao"(namtao) means gourd), and has gained nationwide popularity throughout China; similar to the popularity of the harmonica in the West, and "improved" versions have been produced outside the indigenous realms. Like the related free reed pipe called bawu, the hulusi has a very pure, very mellow clarinet-like sound.
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