. Musical instruments . to that on our bassoon. TheI tibia longa was especially used in religious worship. Thetibia curva was curved at its broadest end. The tibia ligulaappears to have resembled our flageolet. The calamus wasnothing more than a simple pi])e cut off the kind of reed whichthe ancients used as a pen for writing. The Romans had double flutes as well as single flutes. Thedouble flute consisted of two tubes united, cither so as to havea mouth-piece in common or to have each a separate mouth-piece. If the tubes were exactly alike the double flute wascalled tibia pares ; if they were
. Musical instruments . to that on our bassoon. TheI tibia longa was especially used in religious worship. Thetibia curva was curved at its broadest end. The tibia ligulaappears to have resembled our flageolet. The calamus wasnothing more than a simple pi])e cut off the kind of reed whichthe ancients used as a pen for writing. The Romans had double flutes as well as single flutes. Thedouble flute consisted of two tubes united, cither so as to havea mouth-piece in common or to have each a separate mouth-piece. If the tubes were exactly alike the double flute wascalled tibia pares ; if they were different from each other,tibia impares. Little plugs, or stoppers, were inserted intothe finger-holes to regulate the order of intervals. The tibiawas made in various shapes. The tibia dextra was usuallyconstructed of the upper and thinner part of a reed ; and thetibia sinistra, of the lower and broader part. The performersused also the capistruin,—a bandage round the cheeks identicalwith the phorbeia of the Fir,. Q.— I,\intinI a yiiuli ue;ii in),;i iii\ rill-u 11 .all ^iml |>l,i\ iiifi mi iIh IipiKchtorid ill S; tilt Appiaii Way Ruhr, Iiliti>.ll M:s: ii:r. CREEK. ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN. 35 The British Museum contains a wall painting (Fig. 9) repre-senting a Roman youth playing the double pipes, which isstated to have been disinterred in the year 1823 on the ViaAppia. Here the holmos or mouth-piece, somewhat resemblingthe reed of our oboe, is distinctly shown. The finger-holes,probably four, are not indicated, although they undoubtedlyexisted on the instrument. ^ Furthermore, the Romans had two kinds of Pandean pipesviz., the syrinx and the fishdoi^Thc l)agpipe, /ibia u/ricularis,is said to have liecn a favourite instrument of the EmperorXero. The coniu was a large horn of bronze, curNcd. The \)vr-former held it under his arm with the
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