Flute Folk Instruments

End Blown Flute, Argentina

Cuidad del Este, Argentina

Beautifully crafted with inlay decorations.

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End Blown Flute, South East Asia

A gourd with two bamboo pipes.

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Flute, Cambodia

6 Hole, end blown. Highly decorated on one side.

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Folk Instrument: End Blown Flutes, Cambodia

Dark stained bamboo.

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Chinese Hulusi

Two octaves, gourd end blown flutes.

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Flute, Croatia

6 finger holes, end blown, fipple mouthpiece.

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Flute, Eastern Europe

6 holes, end blown

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End Blown Flute, Bali, Indonesia

6 holes, highly decorated with wood work.

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Shakuhachi, Japanese End Blown Flutes

6 finger holes, decorative wrapping paper around body.

Used for Zen Buddhist meditation.

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Shakuhachi, Japanese End Blown Flute

Used for Zen Buddist meditation.

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End Blown Flute, Lithuania

Vilnius, Lithuania

Six pipes mounted together.

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Marty Lisonbee, Native American Flute

Hurricane, Utah

End blown, 6 holes, F#-pitch, decorated with leather straps. Wood is spalted black limbe.

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End Blown Flute

Native American.

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Maori Flute, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

End blown native New Zealand flute. Highly decorated with carving and mother of pearl, with display cradle and book.

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Flutes from Peru

This collection of end blown folk instruments includes 3 single pipe, 6 hole, flutes, and 5 sets of chromatic pipe, single row, curved row, and double row (pan) flutes. The longest set reaches 52” (right). All are tied together or wrapped with cord.

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Walking Stick Flute, Romania

Castle Bran, Romania

End blown flute and walking stick combination with handle and lower section, 6 holes. Maker Unknown.

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Ney Flute, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

7 hole, end blown flute.

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Small Flute, Italy

Sicily, Italy

Frauto a Paru.

Maker: Giorgio Maltese.

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Hotchiku, Japanese End Blown Flute

Made of bamboo, end blown with four finger holes and one thumb hole. The range is two octaves.

The instrument has an angled mouth opening, Utaguchi, literally meaning “singing mouth.” The bore of the instrument is cylindrical.

A basic method book accompanies this instrument (in English). Written by Kaizan Neptune.

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End Blown Flute, Lithuania

Vilnius, Lithuania

Six finer holes plus thumb hole.

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Flute, Myanmar

End blown, thru hole instrument.

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Inca Bone Flute, Peru

Copy of an early Inca bone flute.

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Flute, Poland

6 hole, end blown flute.

Clay Flutes, Middle Asia

Middle Asia

Two clay “bird” flutes.

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Clay flute, Middle Asia

Middle Asia

Decorated.

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Kyrgyz Aerophon, Kyrgyzstan

Anonymous. Traditionally associated with shepherds. This flute akin to the Turkish ney and ocarinalike clay flutes called chopo choor.

Mijwiz Flute, Syria

End blown double flute, cane with 5 tone holes on each of 2 pipes.

A traditional music instrument of Syria, the mijwiz requires “circular breathing.” It is played in Egypt as an accompaniment to either belly dancing or Dabke, the folkloric line dance of the Levant.

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Double Flute, Italy

Zammaruni, Italy

Both pipes are played by one person and played together. Maker: Giorgio Maltese.

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Frautu a Paru, Sicily

Frautu a Paru or Drojanka. Flutes of this type are widely used in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Maker: Giorgio Maltese.

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Double Sopika, Ukraine

Ethnic whistle from Ukraine.

Fujara, Serbia

This instrument originated in central Slovakia as a large shepherd’s fipple flute. It is a unique design and is technically a contrabass in the tabors pipe class. Made in Belgrade, Serbia.