Re: OT: CHAT/OT: Heckelphones (was: English horn and such)

 --- Danny wrote:

> Also, I realized that another word could be used for oboe: |ål| (å =
> a-ring), from Greek |aulos|, which was originally a double oboe that took so
> much wind to play one had to wear straps on his cheeks to avoid injury.
I always thought that an aulos is a double-flute. Are you sure it had a reed?

> Clarinets are still known by their inherited European names, since I don't
> know the name for any ancient examples of single-reed instruments made of
> wood. The Egyptians had one didn't they?
I will have to look up this one. Maybe tomorrow.

Yours,
Jan

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