pipes (musical)

Seven joined reed pipes, with knob at bottom of each. Fastened with strip of palm-stick at each side tied with string and resin. Smallest reed broken away at top. shortest pipe stopped with wax. For replica of this object including sound, see additional files. Notes played by replica with pipes stopped with 1mm wax, from longest to shortest pipe: D6, Eflat6, F6, G6, Aflat6, Bflat6, C7. Sound recording clip plays Pap. Berlin 6870(13-15), tr. Pöhlmann, E. 1970 DAGM p. 170, cat. no. 51, line 13, first five bars. By kind permission E. Pöhlmann.

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- William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Objects of Daily Use, 58, pl. L.310
- Swift, Ellen, Creation of Functional Replica Roman and Late Antique Musical Instruments through 3D Scanning and Printing Technology, and their use in research and museum education

() Roman Period - () Roman Period

30 BC - 395 AD

reed, string, resin, wax

LDUCE-UC33270

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology