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Sambuca*

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bagpipe term also used for chordophones

Identical types: 7

NOT a bagpipe, but "a harp known to the Romans (and, according to Stainer, Greeks); as an ingredient of Oriental luxury"; NB¹: Greek spelling: σαμβύκη [sabiki; According to Van den Es (and Wiktionary), "a triangular string instrument with 4 strings"; ws]); NB²: ➺ homonym (bagpipe, synonym of French Cabreto (Provence)).

Made of (or term possibly related to) elder-wood (NB³: ➺ Sambucus nigra).

Sources

Stainer, John: The music of the Bible. With an account of the development of modern musical instruments from ancient types. London, s.a. [1879], p.49.

Web

Google books (Stainer [Find sambuca]; NB: ➺ also APPENDIX (p.[177]).
Archive org. (Stainer [Find sambuca: Pages n80 (= p.49): Title + 4 ref.; n98 (= p.67) [4x]; n201 (= p.164)]).
Wiktionary (σαμβύκη, 1).

Dictionaries, &c.

Es, Dr. A.H.G. van den: Grieksch woordenboek. Groningen, 1908 (6, herzien en verbeterd), p.963 (σαμβύκη).