The hulusi is a free reed wind instrument from China. It is held vertically and has three bamboo pipes which pass
through a gourd wind chest; one pipe has finger holes and the other two are drone pipes.
The hulusi was originally used primarily in the Yunnan province by the Dai and other non-Han ethnic groups but is now played throughout China, and hulusi are manufactured in such northern cities.
Like the related free reed pipe called bawu, the hulusi has a very pure, clarinet-like sound.
