Roman Emperor Nero, during his reign in the first century C.E., promised that if he kept his throne, he would play “successively on water - organ, flute, and bagpipes, ” wrote Roman historian Suetonius.
وقبل نحو ٥٠ سنة من ولادة نيرون في سنة ٣٧ ب‌م ،‏ شبَّه الشاعر ڤِرجيل في احدى قصائده صوت مزمار القِربة بسقسقة العصفور .‏