nadaswaram (South Indian large double reed)

~ Wind instrument

Description

Similar to the north Indian shahnai, it has a 95 cm long hardwood body with 7 finger holes and 5 wax-fillable tuning holes and a wide flaring wooden bell; shorter variants have a metal bell.

Relationships

from:South India
type of:double reed
picture:https://staticbrainz.org/irombook/nadaswaram/nadaswaram.png [info]
Wikidata:Q1611652 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_nadhaswaram.html [info]