Pirouette

Pirouette (Fr.) (Sp.: tudel), wooden disc, cylinder, or cup-shaped attachment that partly covers the double reed of some older European wind instrs. and is still in use on folk oboes of Europe as well as on virtually all non-European double-reed instrs. It acts to protect the reed and provides a lip rest for the player, who takes the whole reed into his mouth. Height of the pirouette varies according to the length of the reed employed. In SE. Asia a *phorbeia type of (wooden) pirouette that…