mouth organ
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Her lovingly sly Haydn-esque wit came out in the premiere of “Nest Box,” a duo for her and Wu Wei on sheng, the Chinese mouth organ.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
Phil Lindberg’s magnetometer moment involved the aforementioned mouth organ.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021
In Unsuk Chin’s “Su,” the beaming tones of the sheng, a Chinese mouth organ, create delicate, droning chords at the beginning, often paired with strings.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018
As a teenager, Gen. Rowny performed in a Baltimore harmonica band alongside the mouth organ virtuoso Larry Adler.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2017
The man who was playing the mouth organ stopped and everyone else around the fire looked up at me.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
