Czakan

Czakan [Hung, csakany] (Fr.: canneflûte à bec; Ger.: Stockflöte), recorder in form of a walking stick, a Hung. instr. probably of Bohemian origin, much in vogue in the 1820's. First mentioned in the Wiener Zeitung of Oct. 1, 1808, it is said to have been invented by a musician named Anton Heberle. The czakan not only resembles but was also used as a walking stick. Two small holes were bored in the knob to serve as blowhole. The tube was of inverted conical form, fitted with 6 front fingerholes…