Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about PAN FLUTE!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube . the pipes are typically made from bamboo, giant cane, or local re ancient Greeks called this instrument Syrinx, in honour of the Muse, and Pandean, or Pan-pipes and Pan-flute, after Pan . the Romans adopted the Syrix from the contemporary makers of curved Romanian-style panpipes use wax (commonly beeswax) to tune new instruments . special tools are used to place or remove the wax . sound is produced by the vibration an overblown harmonic register is near a 12th above the fundamental in cylindrical tubes . according to the Fundamental Principle for pan flutes, the frequency and the length of the tube are inversely proportional . every time the pitch the formula for calculating the length of a pan flute pipe is L = (c / f) / 4 . the extra length is helpful for a maker, who can use a cork or plug at the a tube that has a diameter 1/10 of its length yields a typical tone colour . an inner diameter range between 1/7 and 1/14 of the length L is acceptable . a narrow tube will sound “re the Romanian pan flute has the pipes arranged in a curved array, solidly glued together . the player can easily reach all the notes by simply swiveling the head, or by moving the instrument with the a very advanced player can play any scale and in any key . there are two styles of vibrato possible . hand vibratto is shifted up and down, like a vocal vibrationato . thousands of devoted players across Europe, Asia and the Americas . in laos and Thailand, there is a cylindrical version called the wot . the player alters notes by rotating the instrument with the hands . firlinfeu is a popular folk instrument in Brianza, the province of Monza . nai is also the Romanian word for the middle eastern reed flute ney Siku (instrument more recently, Dom Flemons has revived the playing of the quills . he says he’s re-imagined the instrument with a new sound . Encyclopdia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. “Syrinx” .