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Yīn chuāng (Yīnchuāng) (-)

original: 音窗

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tuning-hole

Identical types: 35
Shēng

Literal translation: 音: "sound/tone"; 窗: window; Each of the ventholes in pipes that are, for "aesthetic (i.e. symmetry) reasons", longer than necessary for their pitch.


Sources

Wong, Samuel Shengmiao: Qi’ - An instrumental guide to the Chinese orchestra. Singapore, 2005, p.139 (yinchuang).

张跃进 [Zhāng Yuèjìn]: 笙教学教程 [Shēng jiàoxué jiàochéng; Shēng teaching course], 北京 (Běijīng), 2012, p.3.

Dictionaries, &c.

汉英词典 (Hàn Yīng cídiǎn) / A Chinese-English dictionary. 北京 [Běijīng], 1985, p.826 & 107.