I saw it on Ebay and it has me intrigued. I’ve tried various searches but can’t seem to find.
Looks like a whistle with a key for a note below the bell note. I don’t know jack about making a whistle, but I’d guess that the holes are of unfamiliar sizes due to the extra length needed to accommodate that extra low note. Of course, I could be very wrong.
agreed, except the head joint does look more recorderish to my eyes than even wooden whistle ones. not sure how high I’m willing to bid based on curiosity.
I’d guess the key is for Eb, assuming the bell of D
It looks to be normally closed
But I don’t think it looks any more recorder like than the older style Sweet whistles. And with it being a six hole instrument (not counting the extra closed hole), I’d be surprised if it the fingering chart for it was any different than that for a whistle.
It’s a nice piece though and looks to be in good condition but there’s one key bit of information missing from the description… Does it play?
Things like that are usually called flageolets. It’s a very simple version of the English flageolet, which was in the same family as the csakan, usually with more keys and with the air passing through a moisture trap on its way to the labium. (The French flageolet was quite different).
I did an extensive search on flageolets today, while sitting home with a cold, and don’t feel that flageolet fits it. The only ones I saw with the same style head were older french models.