Arghoul-el-soghayr (gender unknown)
(with) definite article: ?original: ارغول صغير (ارغول الصغير)
Hornpipe without a mouthpiece
Transliteration in Mahilllon, who mentions it as a subtype of "№ 113 (Arghoul-el-kebyr) of the (former) coll. Fétis", adding that "According to Villoteau, the Arabs of Egypt have the custom, contrary to European usage, of closing the upper holes of their instruments with side openings with the right hand and the lower holes with the left hand" (WS: as seen from the viewer's perspective? (Compare Arghoul № 342 (p.402) !!!])); NB: ➺ synonyms and related terms.
Chanter (left: 35,5 cm.), range: b♭-d♭¹-e♭¹-f¹-g♭¹-a♭¹-b♭¹; Drone (right), sizes & pitches: 46 cm.: a♭ (with 1 extension; 82 cm.: A♭; with 2 extensions, 109 cm. [?]): G♭).
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.
Mahillon, Victor-Charles: Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée instrumental du Conservatoire royal de Musique, I-V. Gand, 1893-1912, p.165-166.