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

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