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Nay amban (-)

original: نای انبان

pipe with skin bag

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones

Identical types: 35

According to Baines the instrument "has be known in south Persia along the Gulf coast"; He also mentions a chanter of a specimen from Linga (i.e. Bandar Lengeh, according to Wikipedia historically also known as Lingeh) in.the National Museum in Dublin); More recent (i.e. late 20th & 21st century) sources mainly refer to the province/district of Bushehr.

Anban, Ney, Pikak


Sources

Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.56 & 57* (Linga).

Meer, John Henry van der: Typologie der Sackpfeife. In: Anz. Germ. Nationalmus. (Nürnberg, 1964), p.127 [No location].

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.24 (Lingeh; »Baines).

Web

Wikipedia (Bushehr)