Panpipes

Panpipes (Fr.: flûte de Pan sifflet de Pan, flûte polycalame; Ger.: Pansflöte; It.: flauto di Pan, siringa), set of tuned tubes, usually stopped at the lower end and joined together to form a raft (raft pipes) or a bundle (bundle pipes). The tubes are devoid of fingerholes and are blown across the top. In the Far East they are often provided with notches. Commonly made of cane, they are also made of stone or metal, clay or wood, a whole set sometimes being carved out of a single block of stone…