Generation 3-holed Tabor Pipe (Flageolet/Tin Whistle)
Generation 3-holed Tabor Pipe (Flageolet/Tin Whistle)
The Flageolet, perhaps one of the most ancient of musical instruments and often known as the tin whistle, is a musical instrument possessing two special qualities:
It is the cheapest and it's the simplest. however, don't be misled into thinking that it's barely more than a toy, or that it is inferior or a second-rate instrument. On the contrary, despite its cheapness and its easiness for beginners, the tin whistle is a full blooded musical instrument, capable of music of a quality often unsurpassed by far more eminent instruments.
This particular instrument is the 3-holed tabor pipe, capable of a full D major scale whilst using only 3 holes and being played with one hand.
These pipes are traditionally used with a tabor (drum) in one hand and the whistle in the other, to accompany Morris dancing in Medieval England.
Made in England.