Globular flute

Globular flute (Ger.: Gefässflöte), flute with a body that is not tubular but vessel-shaped, made of a gourd, coconut, clay, porcelain, etc., in which the air stream is directed against the sharp edge of a round blowhole. Globular flutes were known to prehistoric China, ancient Egypt, pre-Columbian America, Bronze Age Europe (Hungary), and are found in modern Europe, W. Africa, and the S. Seas. As might be expected with so wide an area of distribution, the instr. has assumed numerous forms…