What Am I Bid for the 40k Year Old Bone Flute?

PhilO · **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2012 7:51 am

Discovery of 40,ooo year old bone flute (3-hole end blown) in a German cave....how cool is that?
Yes, I know, it's a bone "whistle."

Philo

Feadoggie · **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2012 11:39 am

http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=88296
The way I've thought about this for some time (daughter studied archeology) is that once folks started eating marrow out of bones they likely tried various exercises of blowing and sucking to get all the nutritious stuff out of the bone. Somewhere along the line one enterprising fellow got a pleasant sound out of that activity. They were a success around the camp fire. Suddenly, all the girls wanted to know him too. He was a one note wonder! So how do you follow a hit like that? Make a few more holes and toot away? What do you think?

Feadoggie

mutepointe · **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2012 12:02 pm

Before I bid, how "chiffy" is the sound? I would like there to be a nice, warm tone with just enough chiff and have a clear, strong, bell note.

Tommy · **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2012 12:16 pm

Feadoggie wrote:

once folks started eating marrow out of bones they likely tried various exercises of blowing and sucking to get all the nutritious stuff out of the bone. Somewhere along the line one enterprising fellow got a pleasant sound out of that activity.
Feadoggie

Was his name Clarke?

Feadoggie · **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2012 12:37 pm

No, I think his name was Atouk. He doubled on the drums too. We are fortunate to have video of his playing- with a little help from his friends.

PhilO · **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2012 6:23 pm

I'm with ya Feadoggie. Mutepointe, sorry, it's actually quite pure and bright in tone, with a rather sharp (i.e., no intermittent chirps) clean attack on the notes; the upper register is sweet, a bit like the marrow....

Philo

hoopy mike · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 12:53 am

I'm suprised that so far no one has suggested that a Freeman whistle would be much better ;-)

Nanohedron · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 9:20 am

hoopy mike wrote:

I'm suprised that so far no one has suggested that a Freeman whistle would be much better ;-)

I'm sure Jerry will thank you for the warm recommendation.

maki · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 10:39 am

Nanohedron wrote:

hoopy mike wrote:

I'm suprised that so far no one has suggested that a Freeman whistle would be much better ;-)

I'm sure Jerry will thank you for the warm recommendation.

Yer sucha fanboy! Stop it already!

Nanohedron · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 11:07 am

maki wrote:

Nanohedron wrote:

hoopy mike wrote:

I'm suprised that so far no one has suggested that a Freeman whistle would be much better ;-)

I'm sure Jerry will thank you for the warm recommendation.

Yer sucha fanboy! Stop it already!

I've been accused here, and more than once, of being a metrosexual (if you saw my buzzcut, my ubiquitous ratty leather jacket, plaid flannel, nondescript Levis, my increasingly in-need-of-a-gym aspect, my indifferent schedule with the razor, and the evidence that I couldn't possibly give a crap about my shoes, you'd know this is false), but this is the first time I've been called a fanboy. Also false, because I am in fact impartial in this, as is befitting. But you do almost make me feel giddily young again. Flatterer. :love:

Innocent Bystander · **Posted:** Thu May 31, 2012 3:16 am

So who else in the whistle forum has a bone flute? I got mine from Corwen Broch.

AvienMael · **Joined:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:38 am **Posts:** 468

Well I, for one, certainly wouldn't bid on it - let alone buy it. The maker is unknown, and there are no YouTube videos of anyone playing it. :lol:

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