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
Somebody tried to say that it was a mouth organ harp that John was playing, but the rest of them would not hear that.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
