Svirel

Svirel 1. *whistle flute of Russia, with 2 front fingerholes and a rear thumbhole, rarely with 6 fingerholes and a thumbhole—a Schwegel; 2. syn. of sopilka, a Ukrainian flute; 3. Russ.: shawm; 4. Russ.: chanter of a bagpipe (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.