The nai (archaic: muscal) is a traditional Romanian diatonic pan flute used in a lot of genres.
Structure
The nai usually has at least 20 pipes made of bamboo or reed. They are arranged in a curved array, allowing a greater speed of play. Generally the longer, lower pipes are on the right. The pitch of each pipe is adjusted with beeswax; usually nais are tuned in G for Romanian folk music, or in C for classical. Traditional Romanian pan flutes have tubes with varying diameters which go from wide to narrow as you go up the scale, to maintain the volume/length ratio of the tube and therefore produce the best consistent tone quality.
Famous nai players Fănică Luca Damian Luca Gheorghe Zamfir Simion Stanciu Radu Simion Damian Drăghici Nicolae Pîrvu Dana Dragomir Constantin Moscovici
References
External links
panflute.ca Kevin Budd's Pan Flute pages June Chikuma / Pastorale Records