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Mostak

bagpipe term also used for other aerophones

Identical types: 45

NOT a bagpipe, but an erroneous entry in Podnos, who dubiously refers to Julian Ribera, »Music in ancient Arabia and Spain« (1929), p.98, in which it is clearly described, however, [on p.93 (!)] as "a Chinese instrument made of pipes or flutes bound together. The Persian name of this instrument was Bisamosta (bagpipes?)"; Possibly a Syrinx (Panpipe).


Sources

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974 (»Ribera; »Scholes), p.17, 43.

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Google books (Ribera [Find mostak: p.93, (274: index)]).
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