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1038: 1012: 25: 1026: 286: 409:(clip) mounted to the end of the reed and pushed up and down on the reed until a position is decided serves to tune the Mey and to prevent alterations in pitch of the sound. A wooden piece similar to the 421:
is not being played in order to preserve or protect it. The size and nature of the reed is dependent on the size and nature of the instrument, but is usually approximately one third the size of the main
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main tubular body is usually built from the wood of harder trees such as plum, walnut, beech, etc. It has a sound range of about one octave. There are three sizes of
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Cylindrical in shape and made of wood, the main part has seven finger holes on its front side, and one finger hole at the back. The
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Musicologists like Farmer (1936: 316) and Picken (1975: 480) have suggested that the ancient wind instruments
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and the other similar instruments. In Hellenistic Egypt, there was an instrument called
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A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE MEY, BALABAN AND DUDUK AS ORGANOLOGICAL PHENOMENA
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are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences.
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and there was another one in Anatolia which was called
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Other double reed instruments, less similar include:
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Turkish ney
Woodwind instrument
Classification
Double reed
Related instruments
Balaban
Yasti Balaban
Duduki
Duduk
Hichiriki
Piri
Guanzi
Kamis Sirnay
Birbynė
Rhaita
Shawm
Sopila
Sorna
Suona

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