Pan Flutes - Panpipes
The
Pan flute is the specialty of our workshop. It's the world's oldest wind
instrument from which other wind instruments or keyboard instruments (organs)
are derived.
The instrument was known almost on all the continents. The most popular
name of the instrument "Pan flute" comes from the name of the
Greek
god Pan who was
the mythical pre-creator of the instrument.
Gibonus
Panpipes are currently made mainly from maple wood from the Polish
Beskid Makowski mountains, while the Maestro group of instruments is
made from cherry, plum
and pear wood. Formerly the instruments were made
from different varieties of
bamboo. It is not, however, the best choice
for good instruments that require perfect geometrical design. Bamboo is
not cylindrical and its tube dimensions are variable which means that it
is not possible to get a full, deep sound. Apart from that bamboo is not
a durable material, it often cracks and some tubes may even stop
producing sounds.
Our flutes are divided into two groups:
Student
- amateur instruments manufactured in production series and
Professional
- single instruments made to order personally by
Marek Teśluk for professional musicians.
We hope that today, when the Pan flute is being born again, you will
find in our instrument the beauty of its raw, dull and windy sounds.
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