Šüvyr / Šŭvyr (gender unknown)
original: šüvə̑r (шӱвыр; шӱвəр, шўвыр)
Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones
Mari people (formerly called Cheremis); Upper Volga region; Usually played in combination with a wooden drum (➺ Šüvyr-Tümyr); NB: ➺ Puzyr’ (Mordvinians), and Šapar (Chuvash).
There are 2 types: The northeastern (Sernur) Mari traditionally use instruments of a relatively large size; In the Yoshkar-Olinsky and Morkinsky regions they are much smaller in size.
Chiabour, Chuvyr, Šabur, Schouvir, Shabur, Shövür, Shuber, Shüvyr, Shuvyz, Shyabur, Šjabur, Šjubber, Šjuvyr, Suber, Süvör
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.67 / 207 (shuvyr, tumyr).