Is this a flute or a whistle?

Jon C. · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:19 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-FRENCH- ... 4846123a21

Peter Duggan · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:40 pm

Looks like a whistle held sideways and blown straight into the round hole (which is therefore not a flute embouchure hole at all).

MTGuru · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:59 pm

Yep, side-blown whistle. WhistleSmith of Maine make what they call a "side shooter" head for their whistles, along the same lines.

http://www.whistlesmith.com/

Jon C. · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:32 pm

What a strange idea...

Mr_Blackwood · **Joined:** Wed May 18, 2011 10:54 pm **Posts:** 520

"A lifetime" ago i played a whistle very similar to this one, made in India, labeled with a reversed swastica (?!)
Don't know what the point/purpose of having the blow hole on the side is.

MTGuru · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:36 pm

Mr_Blackwood wrote:

Don't know what the point/purpose of having the blow hole on the side is.

I'm imagining a mixed fife and whistle band, where you want all the instruments to be side-blown to preserve the visual effect. Sheer speculation, of course.

Jon C. · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:02 am

Mr_Blackwood wrote:

"A lifetime" ago i played a whistle very similar to this one, made in India, labeled with a reversed swastica (?!)
Don't know what the point/purpose of having the blow hole on the side is.

FYI Actually Hitler reversed the Swastika, it originally came from India. It symbolized infinity of expansion, that is why Hitler reversed it...

JackCampin · **Joined:** Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:05 am **Posts:** 383

In Indian culture the swastika could go either way, but more often in the same direction as the Nazis had it. Just google.

Peter Duggan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:27 am

Mr_Blackwood wrote:

Don't know what the point/purpose of having the blow hole on the side is.

Think such things were made historically for folk who wanted to look like they were playing transverse flutes but couldn't blow them!

German Whistler · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:15 am

whatever and whyever it is.... isnt it just beautifull?
wondering how it sounds like

German Whistler · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:59 pm

so it went away for US $50.00
was that a good price? for who? seller or buyer?

and has anyone an idea of how it may sound?

Jon C. · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:23 pm

German Whistler wrote:

so it went away for US $50.00
was that a good price? for who? seller or buyer?

and has anyone an idea of how it may sound?

Probably a pretty good price for the seller, these days...

German Whistler · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:59 am

i thought it goes away for much more

its so beautifull, for 50 dollar i would have bought it, if i wouldnt had spent all my money last month already ;-)

Holmes · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:43 pm

The same question could almost be asked of this...

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I.D.10-t · **Posted:** Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:05 am

Perhaps it is missing it's piccolo head.

Ralph Sweet makes a makes a 3-key whistle that seems to be the only modern equivalent.

Is this a flute or a whistle?

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