Aeolian bow

Aeolian bow *musical bow sounded by the wind. It occurs in various forms: suspended from a tree, swung by hand (Java, Malaya, W. Africa), or attached to a kite (China, Japan, Korea, parts of Indonesia). One Far Eastern type (*yao ch'in) has 7 bows attached to a frame tied to a kite. See also: feng cheng, sundaren, yao ch'in, yao p'ien (149). Norlind, Tobias. Systematik der Saiteninstrumente. Stockholm, 1936; Hanover, 1939.