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Multanka / Multanki* (gender unknown)

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bagpipe term also used for other aerophones

Identical types: 45

According to the internet sourcee "a type of flute, the name of which comes from Moldavia, a Turkish province, where shepherds use it to entertain their flocks. This instrument contains several pipes, sometimes up to seven"; NB¹: This appears to indicate a panpipe (nowadays generally known as a "Nai"); NB²: ➺ homonyms & similar terms.


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Archive.org (Sowinski [NB¹: Scroll to p.56 (➺ Multanka / Multanki); NB²: Find Multanki: p.435 (»Obodzinski)]).