Ocarina Ocarina!

World/Folk Flutes & Winds
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Wow, what a story. When the teacher showed the one he made, I think I would have cried at that. I cry at everything. I would like to hear a hymn on one of those really big clay ocarinas in a church with good acoustics.

I can’t imagine how our lives would have been different if we would have had the internet when we were kids although I have to agree with you, I don’t think we would have had the words to search.

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The ocarina the teacher showed me was about the size of a melon, which was humongous to me at that time (I had only seen clay whistles up to that point).

Now, here are photos of ocarinas that truly qualify - I’d love to hear these in a big old echo -y cave:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sepperer/270455496/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sepperer/270455420/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sepperer/270458916/
http://www.greenverdugo.com/ocarina-making-tutorial/JLangley-ocarinas.html (bottom photos)

23

Until I opened those links, the largest ocarina I had seen was the size of a grapefruit. They should have posted audio too. I liked John Langley’s double ocarina. I want one.

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Here is a video of Mr Langley playing one of his smaller models.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iER6FH2UttI

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I watched the video at his website, that’s what made me want one. I would have like to have heard an audio of those great big giant ocarinas. Is there a audio clip of those? I would think they sound like whales.

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Here is a page with a link to a recording of Claudio Colombo’s contrabass ocarina, with a photo.
http://www.ocarina.de/reichenhall/colombo_en.html

Anther big 'un.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=66387747&albumID=1612890&imageID=20804320#a=1612890&i=20804320

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I was expecting a much deeper sound. Still nice though.

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This is my friend Mr. Pan, with a tenor C ocarina made by himself

Gazing at the full moon

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It is a beautiful ocarina! :smiley: I’ve seen his ocarinas before - he also has an ocarina making tutorial:
http://pankuolong.myweb.hinet.net/ocarina/kuolong/ocarinadiy.htm

30

That was beautiful. I liked that deep bass tones of that ocarina. Is that a big ocarina or is Mr. Pan a small man? Does he sell those? I am just wishing but that’s the best 10 hole ocarina that I’ve heard.

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You could ask him, he made a lot of ocarinas,
I don’t think he want to keep them all :smiley:

http://blog.xuite.net/pankuolong/oca

another good one: 千の風になって