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Sânâï (gender unknown)

original: सनाई

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Hornpipe without a mouthpiece: double chanter (no drone), 2 bells / double reeds

No identical types known (yet).

In English the name is commonly known as "Shehnai", which is derived from Persian شهنای (šahnāi [literally: "royal flute"; from شه (šah [king]) +‎ نای (nāi [flute]; Compare Romanian Nai [panpipes or syrinx]); A rather rare specimen of a double-shawm, according to Mahillon "from Orissa".

Length: 27 cm.


Sources

Mahillon, Victor-Charles: Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée instrumental du Conservatoire royal de Musique, I-V. Gand, 1893-1912, p.116-117/*.

Web

Archive.org (Mahillon [Find sanai]).
Google books (Mahillon [Find sanai]).
Wiktionary (શરણાઈ [Sharnai (Gujarati)])