Genuine Turkish CURA MEY inc Reed Plum Wood

Description

Genuine Turkish CURA MEY inc Reed Plum Wood
Item Description
Genuine Turkish Cura Mey inc Reed / kamis
Personally sourced in Turkey and bought direct from the maker, Masterwork.
The mey is a double-reed aerophone used in Turkish folk music.
The mey, duduk, and balaban are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences.
Approx Dimensions (without reed) 24 x 3.5 x 3.5cm / 9" x 1.4" x 1.4"
Weight: 78g
Includes Reed
Wood: This Turkish Mey made of a very beautiful piece of plum wood offers a rich and deep sound.
Do(c): 24.3 Cm 9.5 "
Re(d) : 22.5 Cm 8.8"
Mi (e): 20cm Or 19 Cm 7.5"
Background
Cylindrical in shape and made of wood, the main part has seven finger holes on its front side, and one finger hole at the back. The mey's main tubular body is usually built from the wood of harder trees such as plum, walnut, beech, etc. It has a sound range of about one octave. There are three sizes of mey: cura mey (smallest, highest pitched), orta mey, and ana mey (largest, lowest pitched).
A double reed (kams in Turkish) essentially a large and almost flattened cylinder on the mouth side, and conical-round where it is attached to the main part, gives this instrument its characteristic deep sound. The size and nature of the reed is dependent on the size and nature of the instrument, but is usually approximately one third the size of the main part. A wooden piece similar to the kskaç, which is called agzlk, covers the part of the reed's mouth when the mey is not being played in order to preserve or protect it.
A tuning-bridle called kskaç (clip) mounted to the end of the reed and pushed up and down on the reed until a position is decided serves to tune the Mey and to prevent alterations in pitch of the sound.
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Cylindrical in shape and made of wood, the main part has seven finger holes on its front side, and one finger hole at the back. The mey's main tubular body is usually built from the wood of harder trees such as plum, walnut, beech, etc. It has a sound range of about one octave. There are three sizes of mey: cura mey (smallest, highest pitched), orta mey, and ana mey (largest, lowest pitched). A double reed (kams in Turkish) essentially a large and almost flattened cylinder on the mouth side, and conical-round where it is attached to the main part, gives this instrument its characteristic deep sound. The size and nature of the reed is dependent on the size and nature of the instrument, but is usually approximately one third the size of the main part. A wooden piece similar to the kskaç, whi