1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARGHOUL. ABCHOOL, or ABGRUL (in the Egyptian hieroglyphs, As or AS-IT).' an ancient and modern Egyptian and Arab wood-wind instrument, with cylindrical bore and single reed mouthpiece of the clarinet type. The arghoul consists of two reed pipes of unequal lengths bound together by means of waxed thread, so that the two mouthpieces lie side by side, and can be taken by the performer into his mouth at the same time. The mouthpiece consists of a reed having a small tongue detached by means of a longitudinal slit which…
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