It's the predecessor to the modern clarinet. The original ones were usually made of cane or corn stalk and did not survive so they are mostly constructed based on iconography and written descriptions. I made a couple:
The top one is more historically correct, with a wooden mouthpiece and thread wrapped reed. The bottom one is a style that a number of makers offer. It is sort of a cross between a recorder and clarinet; it has a standard clarinet mouthpiece and a body with holes that use recorder fingering (there is another hole on the back side).
I have a few more of each style under construction.
I have also started churning out a few side blown C flutes:
A big "thank you" goes out to SteveHall, who has helped me figure out the embouchure size/shape. I have more finished and in various stages of construction.
Also have more D whistles finished and in the works. Another big "thank you" goes out to whoever it was that suggested I mark my drilling jig for the common hole patterns. I did that and it really speeds up drilling a batch.
The top one is more historically correct, with a wooden mouthpiece and thread wrapped reed. The bottom one is a style that a number of makers offer. It is sort of a cross between a recorder and clarinet; it has a standard clarinet mouthpiece and a body with holes that use recorder fingering (there is another hole on the back side).
I have a few more of each style under construction.
I have also started churning out a few side blown C flutes:
A big "thank you" goes out to SteveHall, who has helped me figure out the embouchure size/shape. I have more finished and in various stages of construction.
Also have more D whistles finished and in the works. Another big "thank you" goes out to whoever it was that suggested I mark my drilling jig for the common hole patterns. I did that and it really speeds up drilling a batch.