auntblabby
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16 Feb 2011, 1:07 am
If you want to play along it's still tuned in 432 as per ye olden days.. it also came complete with the original spider inhabitants (perhaps!)!
That's probably the most unusual instrument I have.. [first post, yay!]
welcome to WP, mon frere.
i also like the more organic sound of 432.
16 Feb 2011, 10:42 pm
16 Feb 2011, 11:39 pm
Wow, this instrument is awesome, I love it!! I so want one, it'd be awesome to learn to play. 
The Chinese sheng, a precursor to the accordion:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1NRcIzkhiA[/youtube]
I just found out about it while reading about accordions, and it's sounds beautiful!
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16 Feb 2011, 11:43 pm
The guitar
All i did was "looked at it" then the day I did something stupid! I decided to pull off a Kirk Hammet than "SNAP" every gutiar string broke. was 10 at the time.
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20 Feb 2011, 9:32 pm
about that time, i had the opportunity [but not the fundage, alas] to obtain a sub-contrabass flute in CC [32 cycles per second low C], which had 16' of pipe to resonate. it was folded over like a big paperclip so one could play it sitting down. it took a major amount of air to play. it sounded a lot like a solitary pipe organ flue pipe of 16' rank. those who played one say it made the air around them vibrate. the vendor wanted $4K for it.,which was actually a bargain, considering a japanese kotato sub-CB flute goes for $40k american. i think i will just stick with playing my stereo.
anyways, your instrument sounds a lot like a C Bass Flute, in overall timbre. there is a recording of flutist Paul Horn playing his C Bass in Taj Majal, it is something to hear- the ambience/reverberation was out of this world.
20 Feb 2011, 9:54 pm
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20 Feb 2011, 10:24 pm
this is the recording i was referring to. as for whistling, i myself am merely an ornery whistler
. so you would be my whistling hero then.
what is strange is that i initially learned how to whistle while inhaling, then i lost that ability and now can only whistle the conventional exhaling method. my favorite whistler, roger whitaker, is [in addition to having a golden voice] an expert inhaling whistler. he has to be heard to be believed. he can do bird calls in addition to musical whistling.
20 Feb 2011, 10:35 pm
I have a Celtic tinwhistle, though I haven't learned to play it properly. Seems rude to the neighbors. 
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