This is a 3D model of a reconstruction of the Ephesus aulos (550-600 BC) that I completed in 2020 (https://zenodo.org/record/4318746). I’ve since changed my mind on a couple of details of this reconstruction, but they do not affect its acoustic properties.
The extant section of this ivory pipe is preserved at the British Museum; the measurements I have used for this section of the pipe are taken from Psaroudakes 2002, pl. 20 (Psaroudakēs, S. (2002) ‘The aulos of Argithea’, in Hickmann, Kilmer and Eichmann (eds): 335–66).)
I have reconstructed the so-called extension, mouthpiece and reed on the basis of archaeological parallels combined with a mathematical model of this pipe, which gives a basic estimate of the scale it produces. This estimate has been confirmed by a physical reconstruction of the pipe made by Marco Sciascia.
The cultural and aesthetic significance of this pipe will be discussed in the book I’m currently working on (Plato’s musical ethos: ancient modes, instruments and rhythms).
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