The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.277

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c11.277

The Algoa—shown on the right of the plate—is a kind of flageolet of bamboo, with a tone and compass like that of the pillagovi. Instruments of this kind are found in the Punjâb and Upper India, played in pairs in a somewhat similar manner to the tibiæ pares of the Romans.

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