  We study the decays of the $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ hybrid nonet using a Lagrangian
invariant under the flavor symmetry, parity reversal, and charge conjugation.
We use the available experimental data, the lattice predictions, and the flavor
constraints to evaluate the coupling strengths of the $\pi_1(1600)$ to various
two-body mesonic states. Using these coupling constants, we estimate the
partial widths of the two-body decays of the hybrid pion, kaon and the
isoscalars. We find that the hybrid kaon can be nearly as broad as the
$\pi_1(1600)$. Quite remarkably, we find also that the light isoscalar must be
significantly narrow while the width of the heavy isoscalar can be matched to
the recently observed $\eta_1(1855)$.
