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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 930 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIBIA  , a

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pipe played by means of a
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reed
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mouthpiece, extensively used in classic
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Rome . The tibia, often mistranslated "
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flute," was identical with the
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aulos of the Greeks, and according as it was made with a cylindrical or with a conical
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bore, it may be regarded as the prototype of our
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clarinet or
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oboe . The tibia was used at musical contests, in the
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theatre, in the
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arena, a at banquets, &c . A set of
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ivory tibiae of cylindrical bore found at
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Pompeii in a
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good
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state of preservation are in the museum at
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Naples .

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