Archaeology of the three-hole pipe

12th century pipe in exhibition at Sheremetev Palace in St. Petersburg

[A newspaper article is reproduced below, in translation, as the original article is not always available]

Pskov pipe XII century sent to the exhibition Sheremetev Palace in St. Petersburg 24/05/2007

a wooden flute which has never been exhibited before. As explained by Elena Salmina, the state of the wood is unstable and flute specialists from the Hermitage are now working on it's restoration.   "The value of this finding is that to date this is the first instance of an in strument of this type from excavations in Russia"

The Pskov Archaeological Centre sent to the exhibition a bone flute, fragments of wooden whistles, ceramic whistles XV-XIX centuries

Three-hole wood pipe found in Novgorod, Russia.

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