MSU College of Music Collections
Flute Folk Instruments
Intro copy
End Blown Flute, Argentina
Cuidad del Este, Argentina
Beautifully crafted with inlay decorations.
Clay Flutes, Middle Asia
Middle Asia
Two clay “bird” flutes.
Clay flute, Middle Asia
Middle Asia
Decorated.
End Blown Flute, South East Asia
A gourd with two bamboo pipes.
Flute, Cambodia
6 Hole, end blown. Highly decorated on one side.
Folk Instrument: End Blown Flutes, Cambodia
Dark stained bamboo.
Chinese Hulusi
Two octaves, gourd end blown flutes.
Flute, Croatia
6 finger holes, end blown, fipple mouthpiece.
Flute, Eastern Europe 
6 holes, end blown
End Blown Flute, Bali, Indonesia
6 holes, highly decorated with wood work.
Shakuhachi, Japanese End Blown Flutes
6 finger holes, decorative wrapping paper around body.
Used for Zen Buddhist meditation.
Shakuhachi, Japanese End Blown
Flute
Used for Zen Buddist meditation.
End Blown Flute,
Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania
Six pipes mounted together.
Marty Lisonbee, Native American Flute
Hurricane, Utah
End blown, 6 holes, F#-pitch, decorated with leather straps. Wood is spalted black limbe.
End Blown Flute
Native American.
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.
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.
Walking Stick Flute, Romania
Castle Bran, Romania
End blown flute and walking stick combination with handle and lower section, 6 holes. Maker Unknown.
Fumara, 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.
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.
Ney Flute, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
7 hole, end blown flute.
Double Flute, Italy
Zammaruni, Italy
Both pipes are played by one person and played together. Maker: Giorgio Maltese.
Small Flute, Italy
Sicily, Italy
Frauto a Paru.
Maker: Giorgio Maltese.
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.
Kyrgyz Aerophon, Kyrgyzstan
Anonymous. Traditionally associated with shepherds. This flute akin to the Turkish ney and ocarinalike clay flutes called chopo choor.
End Blown Flute, Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania
Six finer holes plus thumb hole.
Flute, Myanmar
End blown, thru hole instrument.
Inca Bone Flute, Peru
Copy of an early Inca bone flute.
Flute, Poland
6 hole, end blown flute.
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.
Double Sopika, Ukraine
Ethnic whistle from Ukraine.
