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 Ethically Traded World WOODWIND At Excellent Prices
 sold by professional MUSICIANS & WORKSHOP LEADERS

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for North American Style Wooden Flutes, Ocarinas, Ethnic Flutes, Pan Pipes, Recorders, High & Low Whistles,
Animal Whistles, Harmonicas, Didgeridoos and Train Whistles...
 

 
 

  ETHNIC FLUTES: 

Made from bamboo or cane, these lovely, decorative flutes come from varied traditional cultures around the world.
They are played similarly to a recorder and although not tuned exactly to a Western scale, they produce lovely, gentle notes.




Colourfully decorated wooden 'Quena' style flutes
from the Peruvian mountains in varying colours and designs
35-40cm long at £3.95 and 25cm long at £2.95.



Decorated bamboo recorders from Peru in varying designs
25cm long at £2.95.
Mini bamboo flutes
from Bali, Indonesia with burnt designs - 18cm long at £1.95 each.



 

   Cherokee Style Flutes: 
    made from quality bamboo and fairly traded from Peru: 
 

 

** NEW! **
At last - a properly tuned fair-trade North American Style flute within everyone's budget!


A budget range of pentatonic North American 'Cherokee' style flutes
Hand made and fairly-traded from Peru.
Made from good quality thick bamboo with wooden mouthpieces,
they are light to hold, incredibly easy to play and sound lovely.

Price: £35.00 each in the key of 'A'.



 

  North American Style Wooden Flutes:
Beautiful, traditional pentatonic minor flutes hand made in Britain from varying woods,
easy and intuitive to play with beautiful, haunting notes. 
 


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Full 6 hole North American style wooden flutes made by Willow of Blue Deer Spirit Flutes in SW Britain.
Simple, graceful designs made from variable woods and available in a range of pentatonic minor keys:
'A'  'A#'  'high B'  'F'  'F#'  'G'  'G#' at £165.00;
Lower keys  'low B'  'C'  'D'  'E'  are also available to special order, with prices ranging from £169.00 - £189.00.


Beautiful Drone (double) flutes are also available in various keys (prices start at £225.00 for a drone flute in 'A'')
Please feel free to Contact Us for full details, pricing & availability.
 

Flute Tuition book:

'The Art of the Native American Flute' by R. Carlos Nakai & James Demars at £26.95

 



  OCARINAS:  
A varied range of traditional ceramic flutes & whistles.
Ocarinas are played like recorders but with the hands held next to each other, covering half the holes with each hand and using thumbs for the back holes.
They are found in many cultures including that of early China but the most popular and well-known come from South America
and are brightly painted with traditional designs.

 

 PERUVIAN OCARINAS
 
Eight hole large round Peruvian ceramic ocarinas
complete with traditional Inca designs
in varying colours with a low, breathy sound.
They come individually gift-boxed at £6.95 each.
 

Peruvian_Ocarinas_2.jpg (257548 bytes)Brightly coloured ceramic Peruvian Ocarinas with Inca designs:
6-hole oval mini ocarina pendant at £2.95 each;

eight hole medium oval ocarina at £5.00 each.


 

Ceramic bird shaped ocarinas from Peru
in varying shapes and colours
£4.50 each.

 


Clay 'Flautita' three-note ocarina pendants from Peru
 - great sounding at just £2.95 each;
6-hole oval mini pendant ocarina from Peru with varying designs and colours at £2.95 each;
Two-note 'bird lure' Ocarina Pendants from Thailand - sounds like a bird of prey calling at £3.50 each.

 

**NEW!**
6 hole brightly coloured 'pan-pipe' ocarina from Peru at just £2.50 each;
4 hole straight ocarina from Peru in varying colours, just £2.50 each;
One hole (two note) animal whistles from Peru - choose from owl, bird or fish in varying colours - just £2.00 each!


 

 SONGSTONES
 

Beautiful and well-tuned four hole Celtic Song-Stone Ocarinas in the key of 'C'
handmade in Derbyshire, UK by John Langley with varying designs:
choose from a range of traditional Celtic crosses, spirals & triskels.

Each has a bright, clear sound and is professionally tuned.
Gift-boxed at £10.00 each, optional songbook £2.00 each.
 
Larger concert Ocarinas are also available (gift boxed): soprano in 'G' at £14.95 and alto in 'D' at £16.95.
 

'PolyOcs' as designed by John Langley - plastic child-friendly song-stones in the key of 'D'
available in red or blue colours complete
at £5.00 each.

 



  PAN PIPES: 

Pan-pipes are bamboo wind instruments first made by the Incas in the mountains of Peru and Ecuador.
They are played by gently blowing across the pipes (like blowing over a bottle) to create an evocative sound like the wind echoing through the Andes.

 

Zampona double pan pipes from Peru:
large at £8.95, small at £4.95;
Antara
single-row pan pipes from Peru and Ecuador:
£2.50 each.
All with coloured string to wear around the neck.
 

Antara single row curved pan pipes
from Peru
£9.50 each.

 

 

  HULUSI: 
Free reed instruments from China with a haunting, clarinet-like sound, played vertically.

 


Atlas Hulusi Bamboo Pipe Decorated gourd mouthpiece with a bamboo drone and chanter in BbBamboo Hulusi:
with decorated gourd mouthpiece and bamboo drone and chanter
in 'Bb' - comes with case, made in China, £44.95 each.

 

Atlas Hulusi Wooden Pipe Padouk coloured wood mouthpiece, drone and chanter in Bb

Wooden Hulusi:
with Padouk coloured wood mouthpiece, drone and chanter in 'Bb' - comes with case, made in China, £99.95 each.

 

 

 

  HIGH & LOW whistles:  
  
Traditional folk instruments, particularly used in Irish folk music.


Tin Whistles available both from Ireland or the UK:

Walton's Irish whistles are available in brass in keys 'C' at £5.95 and 'D' at £5.50.

Clarke's whistles from the UK are also available - including the 'original penny whistle' range in black with wooden mouthpieces, available boxed in either 'C' or 'D' (£14.95 each);
Clarke's 'sweetone' whistles are also available in 'D' in a choice of colours - blue, green, black or red (£7.50 each).

Brass Generation tin whistles made in the UK are also available ('B flat' and 'C' at £7.50; 'D' at £6.95; 'E flat', 'F' and 'G' at £5.95.

Nickel whistles are also available in both 'Waltons' & 'Generation' whistles, please
Contact Us for availability and pricing.



 
Chieftain whistles ('High D', 'A', 'B flat' and 'High C' at £99.00; Low 'F', 'Low G' & 'Low D' at £129.00;
tuneable 'High D', 'High A', 'B flat' and 'C' at £139.00; Low 'F', 'Low G' & 'Low D' at £179.00 are also available);
Kerry whistles (Pro tuneable 'Low D', 'Low G', & 'Low F' at £225.00);
Howard whistles
('Low D' and 'Low C' at £120.00 - available in either black or nickel with black plastic mouthpiece);

Dixon flutes & piccolos
(Trad 'D', 'E', 'Eb' whistles £21.00 each; other styles and keys also available - please Contact Us for full info).


Glenluce Wooden C Whistle High C tuneable whistle made from maple wood. Renaissance Sound.
We are also able to offer Glenluce Wooden Whistles made in Germany from maple wood, complete with bag:
 'High C' at £59.00;  'High D' at £50.00.
 

Whistle Tuition Books:

'Tin Whistle Book number one: learning to play like a whistler' complete with tuition CD by Andreas Joseph at £19.95.

The Tinwhistle Tutor A simple well thought out tutor book by Andreas Joseph

'The Tin Whistle tutor' tuition book at £12.95;
Low whistle book with CD also available at £19.95.

Other tuition books, songbooks & DVD packs available to special order - please
Contact Us

 
Whistle BAGS:

Black padded whistle bags with velcro fastening:
12" padded whistle bag (£4.95)
20" padded whistle bag (£5.50)
24" padded low whistle bag (£6.50)

Standard 24


 

  RECORDERS:  

 

'Woodnote' black plastic recorders complete with bag, made in China
(Soprano in 'C' at £5.95 with case, pictured; Treble in 'F' at £17.95; Tenor in 'C' at £48.95).

'Meinel' soprano maple recorder in two parts with brown or maple finish, with bag, made in Germany (£22.95);
'Meinel' soprano recorder in three parts with natural maplewood finish, with bag, made in Germany (£32.95);
'Meinel' alto recorder in three parts with natural pearwood finish, with bag, made in Germany (£79.95);
'Meinel' tenor recorder in three parts with natural maplewood finish, with bag, made in Germany (£139.95).


 

  Animal whistles  



Wooden 'hooting owls' from Thailand
made from sustainable wood.
F
our sizes available:
Extra large (18cm) at £13.95, Large (13cm) at £9.95, Medium (7-9cm) at £6.50 and Small (5-6cm) at £3.95.


Bright wooden duck (8cm) and cockerel (10cm) callers
from Thailand
£4.95 each.

 

Duck 'Quackers' from Bali
Made from bamboo and decorated with carved wooden ducks in various colours
simply blow to create a 'quack' sound!  £2.50 each (10cm long).

 


Bamboo bird/swanee whistles from Indonesia,
made to mimic birdsong by moving the stick up and down whilst gently blowing (15cm long at £1.00).

 

Atlas Swannee Whistle, plastic A grey plastic slide whistle with wood block**NEW** Professional grey plastic swannee whistle from Germany, £16.95.
Meinel Swannee Whistle Made from wood, good quality whistle, available in natural or brown**NEW** Professional Meinel wooden swannee whistle from Germany, £29.95.

 

 

  DIDGERIDOOs:  
 

 Didgeridoos originate in Northern Australia but are now both made and played all over the world.
One of the earliest wind instruments, the evocative deep tones of the didgeridoo are instantly recognisable.
 

Didges Bali 2.jpg (407516 bytes)BAMBOO didgeridoos from Bali:
120cm long burnt design bamboo didges either swirls, giraffe or tiger stripe designs (£18.95 each, pictured);
100cm long swirly burnt design bamboo didges (£12.95 each); 
 
WOODEN didgeridoos from Bali:
hand carved wooden didges with animal designs made from fast-growing,
sustainable jack fruit wood
(£30.00 each, pictured);
dot-painted and varnished wooden didges (£29.95 each). 



**NEW!**
Wooden spiral didgeridoo from Bali
- fantastic, space-saving wooden didgeridoo
which still has roughly the same internal chamber length as a full sized didge.  Great design at £75.00.


**NEW!**
Wooden 'wave' didgeridoo from Bali
- fantastic, space-saving wooden didgeridoo
which still has roughly the same internal chamber length as a full sized didge.  Great design at £75.00.


 


Didge Instruction booklets:
'How To Play The Didgeridoo: a practical guide for everyone' by Jonathan Cope (£5.50).

 

 

  HARMONICAS  
We stock a range of harmonicas in varying keys:


10 hole boxed 'Jambone' Harmonicas in the keys of 'A',  'C',  'D'  &  'G' (£4.95 each, pictured);
Mini 4-hole harmonicas on a chain in the key of 'C' (£2.50 each, pictured);
 
Also available: 48 hole 'Jambone' Harmonica in the key of 'C' (£7.50 each);
double sided 'Jambone' harmonicas in red or blue - 24 holes each side, available in 'C' & 'G' or 'G' & 'D' (£9.95 each);
12 hole chromatic 'Jambone' Harmonica in the key of 'C' with slider for the half notes (£49.95).


Harmonica Tuition Books:

The Blues Harmonica book&CD pk Illustrated method book by Don Baker, with 60 minute CDHarmonica pack, book, CD, harp  The Walton's tutor and CD packed with a good Chinese Harmonica.
Waltons 'Learn to play Blues Harmonica' illustrated book with CD by Don Baker (£12.50)
Also available:
'Waltons' complete beginners Harmonica Pack (with book, harmonica & CD at £18.95).




 

  TRAIN whistles  

Atlas Wooden Train Whistle

**NEW!** Wooden Train Whistles
made in India at £4.95 each.


 

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