A washint is an Ethiopian end-blown flute with four finger holes. The instrument is made of wood or cane. It is similar to the foodhir and the ney. The end-blown flute is a simple woodwind instrument where the player directs air against the end of a pipe or tube. ... Woman playing the ney in a painting from the Hasht-Behesht Palace in Isfahan Iran, 1669 The ney (also nai, nye, nay) is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Middle Eastern music--in some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. ...