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

The first time I heard “Su” — Unsuk Chin’s 2009 concerto for sheng, a Chinese mouth organ — I nearly jumped out of my chair.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2019

As a teenager, Gen. Rowny performed in a Baltimore harmonica band alongside the mouth organ virtuoso Larry Adler.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2017

We could tell we were getting close to Hooperville ’cause we heard somebody playing a mouth organ and the smell of food cooking was getting stronger.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis