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What is a sheng?

What is a sheng? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
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Another important instrument is the sheng, pipes, an ancient instrument that is ancestor of all Western free reed instruments, such as the accordion.
One of these was the sheng, a mouth-blown reed instrument looking distractingly like a Gothic tower.
Viewing the figure of a tall pine tree standing at the peak of Huangshan Mountain near the scenic spot of Meng Bi Sheng Hua, who would suspect that it was plastic?
The accordion is a free reed instrument and is in the same family as other instruments such as the sheng and khaen.
Phil starts in Beijing, China, where he discovers its roots lie in the Sheng, a traditional mouth-blown reed instrument.
The following day, Railways Minister Sheng Guangzu arrived in Wenzhou to coordinate rescue efforts.

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