*)osti/nois: toi=s au)loi=s: e)pei\ to\ palaio\n a)po\ tw=n e)lafei/wn o)stw=n kateskeu/azon tou\s au)lou/s. *)aristofa/nhs: toi=s o)sti/nois fush=te to\n prwkto\n kuno/s.
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 863 (web address 1, again at
pi 2950), with comment from the
scholia there. The phrase not commented on presumably means "play like hell".
On bone and other materials for the aulos see generally M.L. West,
Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 86; concerning bone(s), he notes that the tibia of the deer was especially favoured.
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