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
“Idoru” begins with bird calls and little hoots from what sounds like an Asian mouth organ, and expands into rippling Minimalistic patterns of overlapping instruments and vocals.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
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
