GLOBAL CONNECTIONS' selection of native-made wind
instruments include many types of flutes & whistles, & Horns
of several types, including Didgeridoos. The
flutes, whistles, & shawms listed below, many of them one-of-a-kind, will
have some variation in appearance & tone, making most of them either
solo instruments or for best used with other non-tuned instruments.
(Click on the small picture to see a larger picture.)
FARMER'S FLUTE (Basuri)
The
Farmer's Flute ("Basuri" in Nepalese) has a beautiful tone with a diatonic
scale, played off to the right side, like a modern flute. In Nepal, it is used with the Farmer's Cymbals &
Damaru & Madal Drums for weddings & in the morning procession
to worship.
Price: $18.95 Model #SE65005 
Currently Unavailable, we hope temporarily
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MOCENO FLUTES
Made
by mountain people in Bolivia and Peru, these Moceno Flutes are painted in many
different colors, and have a beautiful &
haunting tone, with a pentatonic scale. You don't need to be a flautist to
get their beautiful tone, because they are played by placing your mouth directly
on the opening of the appendage (smaller piece) of the flute.
Price: $32.95 Low Range, Model #SH5616990
$17.95 High Range, Model #P670331
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PAN FLUTES
The Pan Flutes shown below (or "Pan-Pipes, as they are also called) are from Peru. Blowing across the varied-length bamboo pipes give a wide range of notes, illustrative of the basic principles underlying the sound generation of flutes. Their music is beautiful, too.
Large Zamponia Pan Flute:
The double row is called a Zamponia. This large set has 13 notes, with a longest pipe of 12 1/2 inches, producing a medium to low pitched range.
Medium Zamponia Pan Flute:
Medium Zamponia Pan Flutes, longest pipe 11 1/4 inches.
Price: $14.95 Model #P670319
Small Zamponia Pan Flute:
This
set of Zamponia Pan Flutes, with its longest pipe of 6 inches, has a higher range than the sets pictured above.
Price: $9.95 Model #P670375
Large Curved Antara Pan Flute:
This
set of Antara Pan Flutes has a single curved row of 13 pipes. It has a
longest pipe of 12 inches, giving a medium to low range of pitches.
Small Curved Antara Pan Flute:
This set of Antara Pan Flutes has a single curved row of 13
pipes. It has a longest pipe of 11 1/4 inches, giving it a medium range of
pitches..
Price: $8.95 Model #P670384
Medium Antara Pan Flute:
This set of Antara Pan Flutes has a single row of 7 pipes,
with a longest pipe of 8 inches, giving it a moderately high range.
Price: $6.95 Model #P670369
Small Antara Pan Flute:
This set of Antara Pan Flutes has a single row of 7 pipes,
with a longest pipe of 5 1/2 inches and a high range.
Price: $4.95 Model #P670370
Tiny Antara Pan Flute:
This tiny set of Antara panpipes has 7 pipes with a longest
pipe of 3 1/2 inches, giving it a very high range of pitches.
Price: $2.50 Model #P670395
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QUENA-LIKE FLUTES
These flutes are from the mountains of Bolivia. They play like a recorder with a pentatonic scale.
Price: $15.95 Painted, Longer, low range, Model #SH5617010
$9.95 Painted, Smaller, high range, Model #P07028
$13.95
Brown, lower range, Model #SH5617000
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OCARINAS
These
ocarinas from Peru are played like a recorder, & have 6 holes on the top
& 2 thumb holes on the bottom side, giving a range of over an octave.
The brightly-colored designs represent the different villages in which they are
made.
Price: $6.95 Model #P670302
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