The sompoton is the free-reed mouth organ
of Sabah in northeastern Borneo. It is played by the Kadasan and Dusun
peoples, and is still quite common. The sompoton has a gourd wind
chamber from which extend 8 pipes arranged in two rows. There are bamboo
reeds in seven of these pipes only, and three of these pipes do not
have sound holes and are played by closing and opening the tops of the
pipes with fingers of the right hand. The sumpoton can be played with
the pipes pointing up, as is done with smaller instruments, or with the
pipes pointing either sideways or down with larger instruments. The
instruments range in size from 6 inches to 3 feet in length, with the
average size of just over 1 foot.
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