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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 475 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARGHOUL, ARGHOOL, or ARGHUL (in the See also:Egyptian hieroglyphs,As or As-IT)  ,1 an See also:ancient and See also:modern See also:Egyptian and Arab See also:wood-See also:wind See also:instrument, with cylindrical See also:bore and single See also:reed See also:mouthpiece of the See also:clarinet type . The See also:arghoul consists of two reed pipes of unequal lengths See also:bound together by means of waxed See also:thread, so that the two mouthpieces See also:lie See also:side by side, and can be taken by the performer into his mouth at the same See also:time . The mouthpiece consists of a reed having a small See also:tongue detached by means of a See also:longitudinal slit which forms the beating reed, as in the clarinet mouthpiece . The shorter See also:pipe has six holes on which the See also:melody is played; the three upper holes being covered by the fingers of the right See also:hand, and the See also:lower by those of the See also:left hand . The longer pipe has no lateral holes; it is a (From See also:Edward See also:William See also:Lane's An See also:Account of the See also:Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians.) Modern Arghoul, 3 ft . 21 in. See also:long . See also:drone pipe with one See also:note only, which, however, can be varied by the addition of extra lengths of reed . In the See also:illustration all three lengths are shown in use . An arghoul belonging to the collection of the See also:Conservatoire Royal at See also:Brussels, described by See also:Victor Mahill'on in his catalogue2 (No .

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