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shawm

double-reed woodwind instrument
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shawm

Summary

shawm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shawm is a type of single oboe with conical bore[2].
  • shawm's Commons category is recorded as Shawms[3].
  • shawm's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[4].
  • shawm's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 422.112[5].

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Definition and Type

shawm is a type of single oboe with conical bore[2].

Why It Matters

shawm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).[1] shawm has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] shawm is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → —
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    Subclass of → single oboe with conical bore
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536443705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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