Rebro (instrument)

``Rebro, or ``Pan's Flute, also ``Sviril, is a folk musical instrument older than the Ukrainian сопилки.
Guthrie, traveling through Russia at the end of the 18th century, noted that "the syrinx of the ancients, in other words Pan's flute, has seven straight flutes and is still used by the Cossacks", that is, in Ukraine. In the Chernihiv region, such an instrument was found as early as the 19th century; a sample of it is kept in the Chernihiv Museum. It had eight flutes and belonged to Pan's "one-sided" flutes, that is, the length of the flutes gradually increased from one end of the instrument to the other.
The rib itself is a set of longitudinal open flute connected in one row, that is, a flute without a device that facilitates sound reproduction. To play this instrument, you need to constantly move the mouth of the reeds relative to the lips, because each reed of Pan's flute produces only one sound.
In its development, Pana's flute has turned into the most powerful of all musical instruments known to mankind over many centuries - the organ. There was no special organ culture in Ukraine, but organs of small forms - regals, positives and, finally, katerinky were in use at one time.
(from the work H. Hotkevich)
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