EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

BRIEF LISTS OF ALL THE INSTRUMENTS IN THE COLLECTION

List A1: Wind Instruments of Regional Cultures Worldwide

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Interruptive Free Aerophones
(1254)Sheng [mouth-organ].Probably 19th century.
(406)Sheng [mouth-organ].China, probably 19th century.
(407)Sheng [mouth-organ].China, probably 19th century.
(408)Sheng [mouth-organ].China, probably before 1872.
(405)Sheng [mouth-organ].China, probably 19th century.
(2104)Sheng [mouth-organ].Shanghai, China, 1973 (?).
(3672)Lisu or gourd mouth-organ, 5 pipes.North Thailand, 1989 or earlier.
(3470)Sumpotang or mouth organ, 8 pipes.Borneo
(3471)Khaen or mouth organ, 12 pipes.Thailand
(3112)Bullroarer.Yaderleye (?), Cairns, Australia: Yedinjie (?), 1990.
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End-blown Flutes
(2067)Nay [end-blown flute].Egypt, 1975 or earlier.
(2052)Nyamulere [end-blown flute].Ruwenzori Mountains, Western Uganda: Konzo people, acquired 1968.
(2043)Ekinimba [end-blown flute].Kigezi District, Western Uganda, acquired 1968.
(2045)Sereu [end-blown flute].Northeast Uganda: Tepeth people, acquired 1968.
(2082)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2083)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2051)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2085)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2084)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2093)Ndere [end-blown flute].Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2086)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2050)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(3761)Ndere [end-blown flute].Uganda.
(2049)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2048)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2047)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(2046)Ndere [end-blown flute].Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967-8.
(3548)Ndere [end-blown flute].Albert Ssempeke or a pupil, Uganda, 1994 or 1995
(3549)Ndere [end-blown flute].Albert Ssempeke or a pupil, Uganda, 1994 or 1995
(3550)Acholi flute [end-blown flute].probably P.R. Cooke, 1970-71
(2087)Olera [end-blown flute].Northern Uganda: Acholi people, 1966 or a little earlier.
(2088)Olera [end-blown flute].Northern Uganda: Acholi people, acquired 1966.
(2089)Olera [end-blown flute].Pascawius Drawe, West Nile, Uganda: Madi people, acquired 1967.
(2090)Olera [end-blown flute].Pascawius Drawe, West Nile, Uganda: Madi people, acquired 1967.
(2091)Olera [end-blown flute].Pascawius Drawe, West Nile, Uganda: Madi people, c 1967.
(2092)Olera [end-blown flute].Pascawius Drawe, West Nile, Uganda: Madi people, c 1967.
(2094)Omukuri [end-blown flute].Kigezi district, Western Uganda: Kiga people, c 1967.
(2652)End-blown flute.Bolivia, 1986.
(2772)End-blown flute.Russia, probably 20th century.
(366)Dongxaio [end-blown flute].China, probably 19th century.
(375)Shakuhachi [end-blown flute].Japan, probably before 1885.
(5584)Shakuhachi [end-blown flute].Probably Japan, 20th century.(Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection)
(5585)Shakuhachi [end-blown flute].Probably Japan, 20th century.(Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection)
(2096)Bil [end-blown conical flute].Acooli, Northern Uganda, acquired 1968.
(2070)Bil [end-blown conical flute].Acooli, Northern Uganda, acquired 1968.
(365)Lu (?) [pitch-pipe (?)].China, probably 19th century.
(3383)Panpipes. 
(384)Panpipes.Possibly Oceania, probably 19th century.
(3277)Enkwanze or Obulere [panpipes].Ndhote family, Busogu (Eastern Uganda), 1988.
(3278)Enkwanze or Obulere [panpipes].Ndhote family, Busogu (Eastern Uganda), 1988.
(3279)Enkwanze or Obulere [panpipes].Ndhote family, Busogu (Eastern Uganda), 1988.
(385)Panpipes.Possibly Oceania or Romania, probably 19th century.
(2651)Panpipes.Bolivia, 1986.
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Side-blown Flutes
(2053)Ludaya [side-blown flute].P.R. Cooke, E. Uganda: Bamasaba (or Bagisu), Mt. Elgon District, c 1967.
(2044)Ludaya [side-blown flute].Mount Elgon, Eastern Uganda: Bamasaba (or Bagisu), Mt. Elgon District, 1968.
(363)Side-blown flute.Possibly Oceania, probably 19th century.
(364)Side-blown flute.Possibly Oceania, probably 19th century.
(368)Di [side-blown flute].China, probably 19th century.
(369)Di [side-blown flute].China, probably 19th century.
(370)Di [side-blown flute].China, probably 19th century.
(372)Di [side-blown flute].China, probably before 1872.
(373)Di [side-blown flute].China, probably before 1872.
(374)Di or Duandi [side-blown flute].China, probably 19th century.
(3465)Side-blown flute.India
(3466)Bansuri or side-blown flute.S. India
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Duct Flutes
(3109)Seljefløta [willow-bark flute].Egil Storbekken, Norway: Fennoscandian, 1989.
(360)Flageolet.North Africa, probably 19th century.
(896)Flageolet.Yugoslavia, c 1975.
(367)T'ai-p'ing hsiao [flageolet].China, probably 19th century.
(371)T'ai-p'ing hsiao [flageolet].China, probably 19th century.
(820)Flageolet.Yugoslavia, c 1975.
(1097)Flageolet.Origin unknown, probably 20th century.
(1117)Flageolet.Possibly China or Japan, probably 20th century.
(3467)End-blown duct flute.India
(3468)End-blown duct flute.India
(5446)End-blown duct flute.Origin unknown, probably 20th century.(Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection)
(3469)Side-blown duct flute.India
(3196)Nose flute.Banaue, Indonesia, 1981.
(359)Flageolet.North Africa, probably 20th century.
(6169)Fujara.Slovakia, c 1990.
(358)Dvojnice [double flageolet].Slovakia, probably 19th century.
(819)Dvojnice [double flageolet].Yugoslavia, c 1975.
(948)Dvojnice [double flageolet].Slovakia, probably 20th century.
(2456)Dvojnice [double flageolet].Dalmatia, 1935 or earlier.
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Reed Pipes
(381)Hichiriki [oboe].Japan, Early 20th century.
(382)Guan [oboe].Japan or China, probably 19th century.
(3673)Rgya-gling [Tibetan monastic oboe]Nepal, 1971 or earlier.
(395)Sruti [shawm].India, probably 19th century.
(393)Sahnai [shawm].India, 19th century.
(1227)Sahnai [shawm].Probably India, probably 19th century.
(1228)Sahnai [shawm].Probably India, probably 19th century.
(1515)Algaita [shawm].Northern Nigeria: Hausa, 1969 or earlier.
(394)Sahnai [shawm].India, 19th century.
(396)Hnè [shawm].Burma, Before 1885.
(398)Shawm.Possibly Egypt, probably 19th century.
(399)Shawm.Possibly Egypt, probably 19th century.
(401)Suona [shawm].China, Before 1885.
(1229)Shawm.Provenance unknown, probably 19th century.
(402)Suona [shawm].China, probably before 1972.
(403)Suona [shawm].China, probably 19th century.
(404)Suona [shawm].China, probably 19th century.
(3170)Shawm.Bangkok, c 1965.
(3171)Shawm.Bangkok, c 1965.
(2105)Suona [shawm].Possibly Shanghai, Modern.
(2100)Sarunai [shawm].Kelantan, northeast coast of West Malaysia, c 1975.
(2100)Sarunai [shawm].Kelantan, northeast coast of West Malaysia, c 1975.
(3674)Sona or `Tuta' [shawm].Afghanistan, 1979 or earlier.
(3675)Tarompet [shawm], lip-shieldSunda, 1985 or earlier.
(2457)Diple [double shawm].Dalmatia, 1935 or earlier.
(2099)Clarinet.Luxor district, Egypt, c 1975.
(2987)Clarinet-trumpet.Finland, 1989.
(1039)Aulos.Probably Greece, probably 20th century.
(2098)Mijwiz [double clarinet].Luxor district, Egypt, c 1975.
(377)Zummara [double clarinet].Islam, probably 19th century.
(378)Zummara [double clarinet].Islam, probably 19th century.
(379)Zummara [double clarinet].Islam, probably 19th century.
(755)Zummara [double clarinet].Islam, probably 19th century.
(1064)Zummara [double clarinet].Islam, probably 20th century.
(2097)Arghul [double clarinet].Luxor district, Egypt, c 1975.
(376)Pungi [double clarinet].India, probably 19th century.
(2620)Pungi [double clarinet].Probably India, 20th century.(Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection)
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Lip-reed Aerophones
(2349)Conch.Circa 1975.
(3172)Conch.Circa 1975.
(383)Puutoorino.New Zealand, probably before 1885.
(3757)Shofar.Israel, 1997.
(3676)Rkang-gling [Tibetan thighbone trumpet].Bhutan or Nepal, 1978 or earlier.
(3173)Didjeridu.Australia, c 1975.
(3114)Didjeridu.Australia, 1990.
(392)Rag-dung [trumpet].Tibet, c 1965.
(3174)Rag-dung [trumpet].Tibet, c 1975.
(3878)Plantation trumpet.U.S.A.
(3175)Trumpet.Norway, c 1975.
(3176)Trumpet.Jarkko Aallonloiske, Finland, 1978.
(3177)Trumpet in Bb.Rune Selen, Sweden, 1973.
(3178)Trumpet in D.Rune Selen, Sweden, 1973.
(3179)Trumpet in D.Rune Selen, Sweden, 1973.
(400)Laba [trumpet].China, probably before 1872.
(2351)Horn.Probably Tibet, c 1975.
(2352)Horn.Probably Tibet, c 1975.
(356)Horn.European (?).
(357)Horn.A.J. Ross [J. & R. Glen], Edinburgh, 1968.
(3180)Horn.Africa, c 1975.
(2055)Tuum [side-blown trumpet].Northern Uganda: Acooli people, c 1967.
(2054)Turi or ture turungule [side-blown trumpet].West Nile, Northwest Uganda: Madi people, c 1967.
(2095)Tuum [side-blown trumpet].Northern Uganda: Acholi people, c 1967.
(2069)Amakondere [side-blown trumpet].Southern Uganda: Ganda people, c 1967.
(6072)Ivory horn, side-blown.Mangbetu people, Zaire, 19th century.(Frank Tomes Collection)
(2350)Side-blown horn.Africa (?), c 1975.
(1785)Side-blown horn.Africa, probably 20th century.
(3181)Rozhok [finger-hole trumpet].Vladimir, Russia, c 1975.
(3182)Rozhok [finger-hole trumpet].Vladimir, Russia, c 1975.
(3183)Rozhok [finger-hole trumpet].Vladimir, Russia, c 1975.
(3184)Tuohitorvi [finger-hole trumpet].Possibly Teppo Repo, Finland, c 1975.
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Miscellaneous aerophone-related items
(387)Plaster-cast of panpipe.Original is from Peru, cast circa 1850; original believed to be pre-Columbian.
(3354)Reed for hichiriki.Zenechi Yamada, Kyoto, Japan, 1991.
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