Harmonica
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The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country,
A 16-hole chromatic (top) and 10-hole diatonic harmonica (bottom)
Comb and two reed plates
Reed plate
Reed plate mounted on the comb of a diatonic harmonica, one of several categories of harmonica
Sheng (instrument)
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The sheng is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.
Harmonica
…into the microphone while playing. The harmonica was developed in Europe in the early part of the 19th century. Free-reed instruments like the Chinese sheng had been fairly common in East Asia since ancient times. They became relatively well known in Europe after being introduced by the French Jesuit Jean…
A late 19th-century sheng in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Buddhist art from the Yulin Caves, Tang dynasty showing musicians playing various instruments including a sheng
Sheng – Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
36-reed soprano sheng