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Pungis

Scope note

Double clarinets of India and Ceylon, consisting of two parallel pipes each with a single beating reed and a regionally variable number of fingerholes, fitted into a globular gourd made airtight with wax which acts as both blowpipe and wind chamber. Usually the right pipe serves as a melody pipe and the left as a drone pipe with its holes plugged as required.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000216605

Broader Terms used

double clarinets

Equivalent Terms used

pungi

Created

13yrs ago

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