From Arabic اورغون (urġūn [organ (musical instrument)]); NB¹: English transliteration in Flood, used to indicate the generic name for the 3 sizes of this double clarinet; NB²: According to Wikipedia the Arabic spelling is أرغول or يرغول (!), adding that the instrument has mixed single reeds: anaglott (i.e. down-cut) in the chanter, and kataglott (up-cut) in the drone, which, to my knowledge, renders it the only instrument with this interesting and rather particular feature; NB³: In his »Account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians…«, Vol. II (London, MDCCCXXXVI [1836]), Edward William Lane (who spells it "Arghoo’l"), describes an instrument of "3 feet 2½ inches [i.e. 97,79 cm] long", that has "three moveable pieces to lengthen the longer tube, A B, B C, and C D; and is sometimes used with only one or two of these; and sometimes with none of them"; NB⁴: Stainer refers to a "close relationship between the arghool of the Egyptians and the [Tunisian] souqqarah"; NB⁵: ➺ homonym & related terms.

The cane pipes are tied together with waxed yarn; Chanter stopped (by making use of a natural node [septum?] in the cane).

Arghoul, Arghul / Arghūl / Arghûl, Argol, Argul / Arġūl, Urġūl, Yarghoul, Yarghul