low D whistle made in India

Irish Flute
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I have low D whistle,made in India,that I bought on Ebay. (brass)

The words Pipola and asarkar are stamped on it. It plays wonderfully well.
That is all I know about it.

Anyone have any more information?

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You may have better luck asking in the whistle forum.

    -Rich
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By golly, I do! I am in the process of buying the set. I have the low D and A, Bb, C and D. The G is on order.

A friend of mine as translated the words Mindu and Bansi to mean “Sweet Flute”. Since the fipple was soldered in, I asked the retailer if the solder was lead based. He stated that the importer certified that the solder was lead free and this can be tested by using a lead test kit from the hardware store. I have images on my website and will be loading more as time allows: www.geocities.com/star_runner2000

Go to the whistle page for details. I also aquired a Calura Whistle from the early 1930s (no later than 1933) and a whistle lesson book for it from that period. Please check out the page from the book shown to indicate that playing the whistle is a good primer for learning the clarinet! Too Funny!

For the flute players, I have a ceramic flute that I found at an antique and oddity sale. I call it my “Vomit Flute”. When you see it, you’ll know why.

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Do check the solder for lead.
I lived in India for three years.
I wouldn’t take what people
selling things say at face value.

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I have a Low D “Pipola,” bought on Ebay. Don’t know what to make of it. It’s certainly not tuned in any way that I can use. It sounds like it was tuned by someone with an Eastern ear for music. Anyhow, I thought it would make a demonstration instrument for my younger music students, but I guess I’d better check for lead before I even THINK of doing that.

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Chris said:

For the flute players, I have a ceramic flute that I found at an antique and oddity sale. I call it my “Vomit Flute”. When you see it, you’ll know why.

Actually, you have yourself a “Reliable Bros.” 6-hole in G. (you lucky dog, you) These are the best of the old time ceramic folk flutes. Loud, isn’t it.

They also made one with two more holes for fully chromatic

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What so odd about a vomitflute? Seems like everyone would want one of those.