G'day all,
I wonder if someone could please identify this instrument for me..
It is Bamboo or Cane....24 " long...The lowest note is in the neighbourhood of C#,and the ascending notes sound like a Minor'ish scale...There are 6 finger holes.
The Mouth piece and Blade are on the OPPOSITE side of the finger holes..
Aparently it was brought back from Japan by a soldier after the end of World War 2..
Sorry about the pathetically small photos...I've been doing battle with the computer for the last 3 hours,trying to make them bigger and if go on any longer,the computer will die !!......Death by sledge hammer ..!!
Thanks....weedie..
What is it ??
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What is it ??
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Re: What is it ??
Yer man MT GURU has come to the rescue again and enlarged the pics for me ( Thank you sir )....now we can actually SEE the instrument...any ideas ?
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Re: What is it ??
I think is is a quenacho with a pinquillo mouthpiece. A quenacho is a big quena (the Andean flute) usually tuned to low D, which has a notch at the end and it is played like a flute but straight, not sideways.
The pinquillo is a small Latin American instrument which has a mouthpiece like a recorder or a whistle.
It is possible to find quenachos that have a pinquillo mouthpiece.
To see a picture of a quenacho with a pinquillo mouthpiece, see my thread "the Andean ancestor of the irish low D whistle ?".
The pinquillo is a small Latin American instrument which has a mouthpiece like a recorder or a whistle.
It is possible to find quenachos that have a pinquillo mouthpiece.
To see a picture of a quenacho with a pinquillo mouthpiece, see my thread "the Andean ancestor of the irish low D whistle ?".
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Thanks Gerardo...
I'm still unsure about the instrument....If it IS a Latin American instrument..I wonder how it came to be in Japan at the end of WW2 ?...
Maybe one day we'll find out...thanks again
I'm still unsure about the instrument....If it IS a Latin American instrument..I wonder how it came to be in Japan at the end of WW2 ?...
Maybe one day we'll find out...thanks again
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Re: What is it ??
I don't think it is Latin American - the fipple on the opposite side of the fingerholes is often found on East European flutes, but I haven't found this feature on any photograph of quenachos/pinquillos. This does of course still not answer how the instrument came to Japan, IF it is East European...
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Re: What is it ??
If it is East European, try eefc.org. They have a list server which has users world-wide.
The fipple has the same look as a frula from Serbia and surrounding areas. But the instrument is way too big to be a frula.
Good luck,
John
The fipple has the same look as a frula from Serbia and surrounding areas. But the instrument is way too big to be a frula.
Good luck,
John
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Re: What is it ??
I'd go with an ID of a SULING, originally from Indonesia or the Philippines. Check Wikipedia, source of all knowledge for a full description.weedie wrote:G'day all,
I wonder if someone could please identify this instrument for me..
It is Bamboo or Cane....24 " long...The lowest note is in the neighbourhood of C#,and the ascending notes sound like a Minor'ish scale...There are 6 finger holes.
The Mouth piece and Blade are on the OPPOSITE side of the finger holes..
Best wishes.
Steve
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Re: What is it ??
The look is just about identical to a Hungarian folk pipe on a photo illustrating an article on these. However, they don't have bamboo in Hungary. Or anywhere in E. Europe.