Syrinx

Syrinx panpipes of ancient Greece, a shepherd's instr. with 3–13 pipes, commonly 7, arranged in raft form. Earlier representations show rectangular instrs.; in Hellenistic and Roman times the pipes are graduated in length (21,176). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Behn, Friedrich. Musikleben im Altertum und fühen Mittelalter. Stuttgart, 1954. Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.