NOVICA Bamboe Andes Quena Fluit Met Uil En Textiel Draaggeval, Nachtuil '

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Love this instrument, easier fingering than a recorder with just six holes and the tone is very wild/forest type tone. It's difficult for your lips to learn positioning to make a tone, but once you do its tribal time! Good build quality, soft pouch, and etching is cute.

As can be seen in the photo, the notch in the mouthpiece area is off-center by a few degrees, and I thought initially that this might have caused some play difficulty, so I bought a quena from a different maker to compare them.Result: This quena actually plays quite a bit better than the other one for a comparable price, despite the other quena having a more consistent hole & notch placement. The only change is I have to hold the flute at a slight rotation to keep the notch in line with the embouchure. I would prefer to not have such an issue, at the very least for cosmetic reasons, but otherwise the flute plays nicely.As a plus, this one is also in better tune for all holes than the other quena, so I tend to play this one despite the notch issue.For sound quality and embellishment art I give it 5/5, but the notch is so far off that I have to take a star off.

Flute itself is beautiful. The sound is lovely. If you have never played any sort of flute, you may find it difficult at first. But there are several great YouTube videos on proper lip placement and how to practice.the sound is worth the practice.If you have played a western flute or a ditzi, you will have less trouble. Lip shape is sorta similar. I was able to get nice sounds in just a few minutes.relax. and practice.

The tone was good. The issue was that the one finger hole wasn't correct. This means that there are notes that I can not play because the pinkie finger whole was too far from the ring finger hole. It is frustrating and now I'm looking for a replacement. If you accept a return that would be good.