Understanding the Aulos Berlin Egyptian Museum 12461/12462, in: R. Eichmann / Ellen Hickmann / Lars-Christian Koch (edd.), Studien zur Musikarchäologie 7. Orient-Archäologie 25 (2010), 67–87. By Stefan Hagel

https://www.academia.edu/11942450/Understanding_the_Aulos_Berlin_Egyptian_Museum_12461_12462_in_R_Eichmann_Ellen_Hickmann_Lars_Christian_Koch_edd_Studien_zur_Musikarch%C3%A4ologie_7_Orient_Arch%C3%A4ologie_25_2010_67_87?email_work_card=title&li=0 Two Greco-Egyptian double-reed pipes in the possession of the Berlin Egyptian Museum are examined. Both are equipped with small ‘speaker’ holes; one is furnished with a metal ring over one of its finger holes. It is argued that they formed a single instrument (aulos) that was used for a variety of ‘modes’. Similarities with another find suggest that instruments with analogous capabilities were built in various sizes. Finally, a papyrus fragment with instrumental notation demonstrates that the extended ‘modulating’ characteristics of the present instrument were also part of traditional aulos-making. Various possible scales are exemplified on a replica. ...