While driving this evening I heard on a local NPR station (WKDU, Fordham) a small part of a retrospective on The Weavers & Pete Seeger. I heard a few cuts from very early fifties–prior to Vanguard recordings, perhaps. In any event, two of the cuts featured a fine sounding simple wind instrument, such as the fabled Orcan flute or maybe an ocarina. To further complicate matters, I think a heard a reference to an instrument called a ‘halil’ or ‘khalil.’ It was a fine sound, not to mention that Mr. Seeger’s voice was amazing.
Can anyone suggest a way to find out the identity of that instrument?
Thanks,
Tom D.