Karahsa [?] / Kanzi [?] (-)
original: კარაჰსა [?], ქანზი / კანზი [?]
double chanter, assembled: cylindrical, parallel, common bell / holes: various / single reeds
As usual in instruments of this type, the equal notes on the left and right hand tubes differ slightly in pitch, in order to intensify the sound; NB¹: ➺ homonyms. NB²: ➺ my remark in Čiboni on the problem of Schilakadse's treatment of terminology.
Type 1: D (a-g¹); Type 2: Psavi district; Type 3: constructed (1930) by S. Tamarisvili.
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Lerzmis deda [?] / Dednebi [?], Modsahili [?] / Mebane [?], Mtkmeli [?] / Damzkebi [?], Rka [?] / Kanzi [?] / Karahsa [?], Stviris bude, Tvali [?] / Satite [?]
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.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.
Schilakadse, Manana [Šilakadze]: Der georgische Dudelsack. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), ➺ p.68 (Karachsa).