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Sho pipes

Snowshill Manor © National Trust / Claire Reeves & team

Category

Musical instruments, devices and recordings

Date

Unknown

Materials

Bamboo, Wood, Lacquer

Measurements

125 mm (Width); 450 mm (Length)

Place of origin

Japan

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Collection

Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire

NT 1335413

Summary

Sho, (Japenese mouth organ), 19th century, possible earlier. Japanese mouth-blown free-reed instrument. 17 bamboo pipes of varying lengths painted copper colour with a light bamboo band. Each pipe has a small hole near its base, and a slit towards the top on the inner surface; one pipe missing its bottom part. Two tallest have a Japanese character scratched on. Wooden, black lacquered chamber with mouth piece. Curved wooden stand for instrument to lie on.

Provenance

Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.

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Japan (2058)

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Collection

Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire (16522)

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