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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 185161, member: 55"]One might guess flute or ocarina; however, either would usually have a fipple - a sharp edge over which one blows, like in a common whistle. There are flutes without a fipple, but they usually have a sharp edge to blow over, as in the "nose flute" or other end-blown flutes.</p><p>But in spite of that lack, it looks more like a flute than anything else. It is possible that it just takes some skill or practice to get it to sound; try blowing sort of edge-wise over the largest hole, both with the other end plugged, and without......</p><p>I've made flutes out of sections of chrome pipe that many folks could not get a sound out of, but with practice, they actually worked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 185161, member: 55"]One might guess flute or ocarina; however, either would usually have a fipple - a sharp edge over which one blows, like in a common whistle. There are flutes without a fipple, but they usually have a sharp edge to blow over, as in the "nose flute" or other end-blown flutes. But in spite of that lack, it looks more like a flute than anything else. It is possible that it just takes some skill or practice to get it to sound; try blowing sort of edge-wise over the largest hole, both with the other end plugged, and without...... I've made flutes out of sections of chrome pipe that many folks could not get a sound out of, but with practice, they actually worked.[/QUOTE]
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