{{short description|Armenian musical instrument}} {{otheruses|PKU (disambiguation)}} [[File:Pku in D alt.jpg|thumb|right|The pku.]] The '''''pku''''', alternatively spelled '''''pzuk''''',(in Armenian “Պկու”) is an [[Armenia]]n musical instrument, similar to a [[clarinet]]. It has been called the [[List of national instruments (music)|national instrument]] of Armenia. The ''pku'' is a single-reed [[aerophone]] with seven holes and a one octave range with the open cone of a bull horn at one end.
== See also == * [[Erkencho]] * [[Erke]] * [[Shofar]]
==References== *{{cite web|url=http://hayrenband.com/instruments-eng.htm|title=Pku|accessdate=February 20, 2008|work=Instruments|publisher=Hayren Ensemble|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220062958/http://hayrenband.com/instruments-eng.htm|archivedate=February 20, 2008}} *{{cite journal|title=Record Reviews|first=Wouter|last=Swets|journal=Ethnomusicology|volume=17|issue=3|date=September 1973|pages=573–576|doi=10.2307/849977 |jstor=849977}}
==External links== *[http://www.armenianinstruments.am Karen Hakobyan, the master who prepares this instrument]
{{Single reeds}} {{Armenian musical instruments}}
[[Category:Armenian musical instruments]] [[Category:Clarinets]]