Reminds me of the musicians version of the great
Pocket Fisherrman or Roll Up Piano....take it anywhere!!

Thanks, Donny: LOL! We needed that. Marketing 101 all over again! While watching the Xaphoon video, I was unable to see if it has mechanical fingering... or if only "recorder holes" for the player to use. If it is only a large plastic tube with a reed attachment clamp... the price seems ridiculous to me... but hey, everything seems ridiculously priced to an old geezer attempting to "get by" on a less than adequate pension!

How do you find the time to dig up all these videos? I'm guessing you have a paid staff... or some of your legion of fans are reporting these things to you out of sheer admiration?

Anyway, if I owned this "board"/Site... you would be compensated for keeping things interesting, my friend!

I have one in emerald green. There is nothing mechanical, just holes like a recorder. Intonation can be tricky, and it takes practice to get a feel for half-covering holes for sharps/flats and bending notes. But it is fun and very easy to carry around. As for the price, $75.00 for the molded models seems a bit steep, but the material is high quality, not thin plastic tubing. The finish is very nice. So for a product that is surely limited in potential customers, I don't think the price is unrealistic.

Thanks, W.D.:

Good to know. As a child, I had a black plastic "flute" we used in our music classes at school. Not a true flute because it had a rectangular shaped mouthpiece to force blown air over the flute's main orifice. I loved that thing and would play it for hours on end. Can't remember the name of the manufacturer or find one on-line. Sad!

Regards, ----Dave

Conn Song Flute perhaps?

Or maybe the ever popular Trophy Flutophone ?

In elementary school I had the white Flutophone with red mouthpiece. Some kids (not me, mind you) but some kids used to stuff a tissue in the mouthpiece so they didn't have to be heard playing wrong notes. Things backfired for them when the teacher asked for a solo.

And don't ever forget the amazing Potato Pipes
or Carrot Recorder Ocarina, etc,..
if your on a budget!

We got gifts from some of our regular restaurant customers at Christmas. I got a musical tie that actually plays except, for the sharps and flats. Wore it at our NY Eve gig and had a lot of fun with it.


Regards,

Jerryghr

OK, since it looks like this thread is turning into a "have you ever seen this weird instrument' type of thing, I've got a doozy for you.

Clonk Here. Any guesses as to how it's played?

I Know! I Know!

It's a nose flute. What did I win?

Jerryghr