Made from a gourd, reed, and bitumen. The body of instrument is made from a small hollowed gourd, stem of the gourd is curved and has a hollowed reed for a mouth piece attached to a hole in the stem and secured in place with bitumen. There is a crack around stem, repairs have been made to reattach stem. A square shape hole has been cut in to the top of the gourd and the edges have with bitumen residue around them. Sheng would have had different length reeds inside the hole in the body