Oriental Flute

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Added: 04-Dec-07

This is a most unusual flute, in deep mellow harmonic tones.

History:

About twelve years ago, ancient flutes said to be 9,000 years old were found in Henan China made from the wing bones of cranes. I discovered that one had five holes. I took the dimensions of this one and found it was almost the perfect tuning of the Japanese Shakuhachi but much higher in pitch. I wonder therefore if this is where the shaquhachi began and later crossed over. See our Jiahu Crane Flute.
Others say it first came from Egypt to India and then to China called the Sebi. Then around A.D. 900 evolved to the shakuhachi.

In Japan this flute was played by former Samurai who could no longer carry their swords by government decree. So they made the flute out of the root stock and now could use it for protection too.
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