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TURKISH MUSIC. 169
pray all night long, fast, etc. There are 4 Tekyes1 or
monasteryes, of them here one, two Kasoumpasha, 3 Bisick-
tash, 4 Yenicapon; on Stambal side there are eighteen sorts
of them. These founded first by Molah Hunkyor, Harset
meulanah, for he goeth by both these names. Heretofore
they prcach't, danc't, and piped every Tuesday and Friday.
3 lye here buryed : 1. Arzeh Mahmet cffendi, a great bene-
factor to them; 2. Ismel Effendi, who was once their
sheik (or head, though it signifies prince) and benefactor;
3. Ismael Effendi, another benefactor, who built them 10
chambers, and left them 1,000 dollars. They let their
neighbours be there buried for their money. Formerly, the
Baltagee'1 of Galata seraglio were buryed there ; now they
have a corner apart. There Govise Achmet is their Sheich
now, who receives all the money, and hath himself \\d. per
day. Their musick is a Tambor, and a long week small
lute with wire strings, to which they sound their Nai or
pipe, whereof they have two sorts, a base and a treble ; for
the middle ones partake of that to which they are nearest.
The little pipes have 7 holes on the upper side all in a row,
and an eighth at the bottom, a little of one side, and just in
the middle (measuring from that lowest eighth hole upwards)
on the back is a 9th hole. Some of these are a foot and +
long; some lesse, some more. The long pipe hath six
holes, on one side three, and three at equal distances, and
on the back side, just half way, there is a 7th hole. There
is neither a fipple3 above, nor noze4 in the mouth, but the
head is a horn sloped up and brought to a very fine edge,
which leaning sidewayes to the mouth, gives the sound, as
boyes (with us) used to whistle in acorn cups, this irXar/iav-
1 Tekie=Dervish's monastery. 2 Baltagee=axe-bearers.
:! Fipple = a stopper. " In recorders, which go with a gentle breath;
the concave of the pipe, were it not for the fipple, that straiteneth the
air much more than the simple concave, would yield no sound."
(Bacon, Nat. Hist, \ 116.) 4 Noze = nozzle.
TURKISH MUSIC. 169
pray all night long, fast, etc. There are 4 Tekyes1 or
monasteryes, of them here one, two Kasoumpasha, 3 Bisick-
tash, 4 Yenicapon; on Stambal side there are eighteen sorts
of them. These founded first by Molah Hunkyor, Harset
meulanah, for he goeth by both these names. Heretofore
they prcach't, danc't, and piped every Tuesday and Friday.
3 lye here buryed : 1. Arzeh Mahmet cffendi, a great bene-
factor to them; 2. Ismel Effendi, who was once their
sheik (or head, though it signifies prince) and benefactor;
3. Ismael Effendi, another benefactor, who built them 10
chambers, and left them 1,000 dollars. They let their
neighbours be there buried for their money. Formerly, the
Baltagee'1 of Galata seraglio were buryed there ; now they
have a corner apart. There Govise Achmet is their Sheich
now, who receives all the money, and hath himself \\d. per
day. Their musick is a Tambor, and a long week small
lute with wire strings, to which they sound their Nai or
pipe, whereof they have two sorts, a base and a treble ; for
the middle ones partake of that to which they are nearest.
The little pipes have 7 holes on the upper side all in a row,
and an eighth at the bottom, a little of one side, and just in
the middle (measuring from that lowest eighth hole upwards)
on the back is a 9th hole. Some of these are a foot and +
long; some lesse, some more. The long pipe hath six
holes, on one side three, and three at equal distances, and
on the back side, just half way, there is a 7th hole. There
is neither a fipple3 above, nor noze4 in the mouth, but the
head is a horn sloped up and brought to a very fine edge,
which leaning sidewayes to the mouth, gives the sound, as
boyes (with us) used to whistle in acorn cups, this irXar/iav-
1 Tekie=Dervish's monastery. 2 Baltagee=axe-bearers.
:! Fipple = a stopper. " In recorders, which go with a gentle breath;
the concave of the pipe, were it not for the fipple, that straiteneth the
air much more than the simple concave, would yield no sound."
(Bacon, Nat. Hist, \ 116.) 4 Noze = nozzle.