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Sõrmiline / Sõrmlik (gender unknown)

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single chanter: cylindrical, straight, no bell / single reed

Identical types: 8
Torupill

From "sõrm" [finger]; Sõrmlik: also: mouth-organ, willow-whistle, jew’s harp; Although usually cylindrical, slightly conical chanters have been made as well.

Key: D (c♯¹-a¹ or d¹-b¹), G (f♯¹-e²), or C (b¹-g²); 180-300 mm; Made of juniper (Juniperus communis), pine (Pinus … [?]), ash (Fraxinus), or (seldom), cane [Arundo donax?].
NB: Example(s) to be replaced with staff-notation.


Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile] (Sõrmlik).

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.115.

Атлас музыкальных инструментов народов СССР = Atlas of musical instruments of the peoples inhabiting the USSR [1963]. Вертков, Константин А. (Vertkov, Konstantin A.) / Благодатов, Георгий И. (Blagodatov, Georgij I.) / Язовицкая, Эльза Э. (Jazovickaja, El’za E.). Москва (Moskva), 1975 (2), ➺ p.88.

Tonurist [sic], Igor [Tõnurist]: The Estonian bagpipe. In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.49.

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.32 (sõrmilin), 245 (sõrmiline).