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Syrinx
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syrinx: see panpipes panpipes, Pandean pipes (păndē`ən), or syrinx
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panpipe

 or syrinx

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Romanian panpipe; in the Horniman Museum, London
(credit: Courtesy of the Horniman Museum, London)
Wind instrument consisting of pipes of different lengths made of cane (less often wood, clay, or metal) arranged in a row. It is blown across the top, each pipe producing a different note. The panpipe dates from c. 2000 BC and is found worldwide, especially in eastern Africa, South America, and Melanesia.


Syrinx
transformed into reeds which pursuing Pan made into pipe. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 232; Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]
See : Music

Syrinx
nymph, pursued by Pan, was changed into a reed, from which Pan made his pipes. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 876]


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