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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1The story goes that the rough shepherd, Pan, wooed the pretty Syrinx and in her desire to be rid of him she sought refuge in a growth of reeds. The importunate lover was not deterred by this and sought to reach her even then. As a last resort, Syrinx was turned into a reed and the shepherd made a bamboo pipe, upon which he breathed his adoration for his lost love.
3Par Dessus — See quinton.
5Pat-Mah — Vibrating Membranes. Burmah. A barrel-shaped shell of wood with a head of skin, braced on the sides with strips of the same. Highly ornamented as to frame. In a specimen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the frame is as high as an ordinary man and almost square, making the instrument of imposing proportions.
7Pattala — Sonorous Substances. Burmah. A hollow wooden frame which supports a number of bars of wood capable of producing about three octaves of tones when struck with beaters. It bears a resemblance to the xylophone. See xylophone.
9Pawa — Transverse Flute. India. A flute played transversely and furnished with six or more finger-holes.
11Pee — Double-beating Reed. Siam. The tube of this instrument is of rather singular construction. It bulges slightly at the center and flares at either end. The mouthpiece is fitted with a double-beating reed.
13Peechawar — Double-beating Reed. Siam. A conical tube expanding into a bell at the lower end and fitted with a double-beating reed mouthpiece.
15Penorcon — See pandore.
17Phang — Free Reed. Siam. An instrument formed of a hollow block of wood into which free reed pipes are inserted. Similar to the cheng of China. See cheng.
19Phek — Sonorous Substances. China. Five pieces of wood are fastened together with a silken cord and are used in the manner of castanets as time markers. See castanets.
21Philomele — Bowed Strings. Europe. A form of the bowed zither. While in the shape of its sound-box and
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