One of the most peculiar of all idiophones is without doubt the tuning fork
idiophone of Southeast Asia. After originating in Yunnan, South China, it is believed to have reached the Malayan peninsula via the Philippine Islands; on the peninsula it is now known as genggong sakai (Jew's harp of the Sakai people
). It is nothing more than a piece of bamboo in the shape of a tuning fork or an old-fashioned clothespin. The cane is hollowed, then split...
