Ney Anban

The ney anban is the traditional bagpipe of Iran’s Persian Gulf coast — Bushehr, Hormozgan, and the islands of Qeshm and Kish. Unlike Highland or Balkan bagpipes, it carries no drone: a hand-stitched goatskin bag feeds a single blowpipe and a double cane-reed chanter, producing the bright, buzzing, continuous-breath sound at the heart of Bandari folk music. Played at weddings, celebrations, and traditionally by fishermen as “music of work,” the ney anban (also known as the Persian bagpipe) is a rare and distinctive voice in the region’s wind tradition.

Our ney anban is hand-built by Behbahani in the Bushehr tradition. Write to us and we will tell you when the next one is expected from the workshop — or explore the wider Persian instruments collection and our full range of wind instruments.