Čiboni (-)
original: ჭიბონი
Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones
From Greek συμφωνία (Symfonia [Latin: Symphonia]) ?; Adjar ASSR, southwestern Georgia; Unlike the Gudastviri, the instrument is never provided with a decorative cover.
NB¹: According to Mr. Murad Tavartkiladze (მურად თავართქილაძე) [➺ video], "Adjara has a history of 200 years of this ancient instrument"; NB²: In Leydi erroneously spelt "Çiboni"; NB³: Schilakadse describes both the Čiboni and Gudastviri in one article. In his description of the instruments he chose, however, to mention 2 terms for each part, unfortunately without indicating to which instrument each of them belongs, thus rendering it impossible to decide on the correct terminology for either instrument. To avoid any chance of incorrect choices, I decided to mention both terms in connection with each of the 2 instruments, hoping to be able to repair this unavoidable, but hopefully temporary, solution, and aiming to offer the reader the correct information at some moment in the near future.
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.25 (Çiboni), 180 (type only, no term).
Атлас музыкальных инструментов народов СССР = Atlas of musical instruments of the peoples inhabiting the USSR [1963]. Вертков, Константин А. (Vertkov, Konstantin A.) / Благодатов, Георгий И. (Blagodatov, Georgij I.) / Язовицкая, Эльза Э. (Jazovickaja, El’za E.). Москва (Moskva), 1975 (2), p.126, 135 / 219.
Schilakadse, Manana [Šilakadze]: Der georgische Dudelsack. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.67.
ნადიგაიძე, გვანცა [Nadibaidze, Gvantsa]: English translation of the subtitles to her video A manufacturer of Tchiboni [sic] (Keda, Upper Adjara, 2020).
NB: Georgian title: »მეჭიბონე | მურად თავართქილაძე« (Mech’ibone [Čiboni manufacturer] Murad Tavartkiladze) (➺ 0:18-0:22 [history]).