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  2. Steam whistle - Wikipedia

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    Toroidal or Levavasseur whistle – a whistle with a torus-shaped (doughnut-shaped) resonant cavity paralleling the annular gas orifice, named after Robert Levavasseur, [23] its inventor. Unlike a conventional whistle, the diameter (and sound level) of a ring-shaped whistle can be increased without altering resonance chamber cross-sectional ...

  3. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 421

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    Edge-blown aerophones is one of the categories of musical instruments found in the Hornbostel–Sachs system of musical instrument classification. In order to produce sound with these aerophones, the player makes a ribbon-shaped flow of air with their lips (421.1), or their breath is directed through a duct against an edge (421.2).

  4. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Philippines Unpitched 211 Membranophone Although shape is variously described as goblet, hourglass, conical, or tubular. Daf: Iran Unpitched 211.311 Membranophone Also known as Dafli, Dap, Def, Tef, Defi, Gaval, Duf, and larger ones defi or daire: Damaru: South Asia Unpitched 212 Membranophone Type of Pellet drum. Damphu: Nepal Unpitched ...

  5. Physics of whistles - Wikipedia

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    A whistle is a device that makes sound from air blown from one end forced through a small opening at the opposite end. They are shaped in a way that allows air to oscillate inside of a chamber in an unstable way. The physical theory of the sound-making process is an example of the application of fluid dynamics or hydrodynamics and aerodynamics ...

  6. Nose flute - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, the nose flute (pitung ilong in Tagalog), or the kalaleng of the northern Bontok people (tongali among the Kalinga people), is played with the extreme forward edge of the right or left nostril. Because the kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal diameter, it is possible to play different harmonics through overblowing ...

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  9. Barter rings - Wikipedia

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    Barter rings along with piloncitos. Tagalog royal couple with carious gold ornaments including the gold rings. Barter rings (Tagalog: panika) are ring-shaped gold ingots used as currency in the Philippines until the 16th century. These barter rings are bigger than a doughnut in size and are made of nearly pure gold.