pku

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The pku, alternatively spelled pzuk,(in Armenian “Պկու”) is an Armenian musical instrument, similar to a clarinet. It has been called the national instrument of Armenia. The pku is a single-reed aerophone with seven holes and a one octave range with the open cone of a bull horn at one end.

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References

  • {{cite web|url=http://hayrenband.com/instruments-eng.htm|title=Pku|accessdate=February 20, 2008|work=Instruments|publisher=Hayren Ensemble|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220062958/http://hayrenband.com/instruments-eng.htm|archivedate=February 20, 2008}}
  • {{cite journal|title=Record Reviews|first=Wouter|last=Swets|journal=Ethnomusicology|volume=17|issue=3|date=September 1973|pages=573–576|doi=10.2307/849977 |jstor=849977}}