File:Britannica Aulos Candia.jpg
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English: Diagram of an aulos (musical instrument of ancient Greece) found in the collection of the Candia Museum. |
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| Date | published 1911 | |||
| Source | 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 2, p. 918 | |||
| Author | John L. Myres | |||
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Caption:
(From a drawing by Prof. John L. Myres.)
Fig. 1. — Diagram of the Fragments of an Aulos (Candia Mus.).
| a, | Triple wrapping of bronze as well as slide. | |
| b, | Slide with hole. | |
| c, | Slides with two holes not uncovered together. | |
| d, | Slides with two holes not uncovered together, one hole at back. | |
| e, | Slide. | |
| f, | Slide missing. | |
| g, | Slide missing, scars of slide holes. | |
| h, | Slide. | |
| i and j, | Slide. | |
| k, | Socket. | |
| l, | Male half of joint. | |
| m, n o, | Slides, the top hole being in the slide only. | |
| p and q, | Slides, with two holes;
the small hole shown is in the pipe, there being a corresponding hole in the slide at the back. | |
| r, | Bronze covering (and slide?). | |
| s, | Male joint. | |
| t, | The wavy line shows the extreme length of fragment. | |
| u, | 13 mm. inside diameter, 14 mm. outside diameter. | |
| w, | Engraved lines and conical form of bronze covering. | |
| x, | Wavy line shows extreme length of fragment. | |
| y, | Stopped end of pipe with engraved lines. | |
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The line between r and s is either a turned ring or part of bronze cover. The double lines to the right of t are engraved lines. | ||
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