Zurla

Zurla [Turk. *zurnā], shawm of Yugoslavia, introduced a relatively short while ago by gypsies from Persia, and made in 2 sizes from a single piece of maple or fruit wood, with the upper part of the bore cylindrical, the lower part conical, 7 front fingerholes, and a rear thumbhole, plus a number of ventholes. It is played with a pirouette in the Oriental manner, with blown-out cheeks. The same instr. is found in W. Bulgaria and in Albania. See: surla, zumā (11, 34). Sort…