3. "Few had thought that it would one day be revived "Was someone able to revive the 'pungi'?
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As Aurangzeb has banned all these reeded noisemakers, he had banned pungi in his royal residence, no one thought that one day such noisemakers, such instrument which made unpleasant sound would be played and their sound would be liked by the audience.
barber of a family of professional musicians, who had access to the royal palace, decided to improve the tonal quality of the pungi.
He chose a pipe with a natural hollow stem that was longer and broader than the pungi, and made seven holes on the body of the pipe.
When he played on it, closing and opening some of these holes, soft and melodious sounds were produced.
He played the instrument before royalty and everyone was impressed.
The instrument so different from the pungi had to be given a new name.
As the story goes, since it was first played in the Shah’s chambers and was played by a nai (barber), the instrument was named the ‘shehnai
The sound of the shehnai began to be considered auspicious.
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