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SPLAT · MESH
Sompoton
Free-reed mouth organ
- People
- Kadazandusun
- Family
- Free-reed mouth organ
- Also called
- Sompotan · Sumpotan
- Region
- To verify
- Village
- To verify
- Material
- Gourd · Bamboo · Beeswax · Polod palm reed
- Player
- To verify
- Maker
- To verify
- Capture
- Gaussian splat · Photogrammetry mesh
- Consent
- Not yet recorded
Recordings
- Intensity
- medium
- Articulation
- Composed phrase, continuous breath
- Format
- 48 kHz / 24-bit
- Performer
- [TO VERIFY WITH KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS]
A composed piece built from sompoton material — not a single-note field take. Presented as a composition because that is what it is.
In context
Eight bamboo pipes set into a dried gourd wind chamber and sealed with beeswax. The player breathes both ways — in and out — so the sound never stops for a breath, which is why a sompoton can hold a drone under a whole ensemble. The reeds are cut from polod palm and shaved by ear until the maker is satisfied; no two instruments end up on the same pitch.
Community quotes not yet recorded
Shown in English · switch language in the header
Measured tuning
Intervals have not been measured off the recordings yet. Until they are, this instrument is not voiced in the sound machine — we will not substitute an equal-tempered guess.
Cite it
Cite it
[TO VERIFY WITH KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS] (performer). “Sompoton” — Free-reed mouth organ. Kadazandusun community, [TO VERIFY WITH KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS], [TO VERIFY WITH KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS], Sabah, Malaysia. Rua Kita Sound Archive, Far Out Solutions. https://ruakita.my/archive/sompoton Accessed 2026-07-28.