The Duduk and National Identity in Armenia - Hardcoverby Andy Nercessian (Author) The book is an outline of the Armenian duduk, a cylindrical double reed aerophone made of apricot wood, and its relation to the Armenian identity. It attempts to deepen our understanding of musical instruments not only through an examination of musical and constructional features, but also through the application of a sociocultural framework which allows a theorization of the idea of the instrument as social being. The