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Summary
Each pipe consists of a principal portion into which is inserted at the upper end a short, secondary portion or shank which serves to reduce the bore. Each secondary portion or shank then receives the idioglottal reed which in turn reduces the bore. The two pipes, including the upper shank, are bound together whereas the uppermost reed section is applied to each as a single unit. Cord with knife-cut zigzag motif.
Instrument type: Argul (Double Pipe, Single Reeds)
Medium: Cane, bound with cord.; Chanter: 31.2 cm. (approximately with idioglottal reed); Drone: 43 cm. (without extensions)
Key Holes System: Chanter: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Missing drone pipe extension(s).
Provenance: Harold Reeves, London, 3 Nov. 1922. Formerly in the collection of Dr. Thomas Lea Southgate, London.
The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.