Pigeon flute
The pigeons flute ( English pigeon flute or pigeon whistle ) is a small pipe or a set of several pipes which a pigeon be attached to the middle tail feathers and excited when flying through the air moving generate whistling noises.
Pigeon flutes were first built in China . Tiny reed or bamboo tubes are provided with flute heads carved from bone and a small "foot" with a hole. The "foot" of the flute is pushed through between the tied quills of the middle tail feathers and secured with a locking ring through the hole to prevent it from falling out during flight. When the pigeons fly, the flying wind sweeping over the whistles / flutes creates a whistling sound. The pigeon flutes do not disturb or hinder the pigeons. Originally the pigeon flutes were intended to protect against birds of prey. In the meantime, a sport has developed from it.
A rare variant is a miniature music bow on the tail feathers of a pigeon. As with the Japanese dragon bow unari (musical bow on a kite ), the string is excited by the wind.
literature
- Harned Pettus Hoose: Peking Pigeons and Pigeon-Flutes. A Lecture Delivered at the College of Chinese Studies, Beijing, 1938
- Wang Shixiang: Beijing Pigeon Whistles , Liaoning Education Press, Beijing 1999, ISBN 7-5382-5636-9
Web links
- Reinhold Deubelli: Pigeon pipes . In: Geflügel-Börse, 20, 2007, p. 16f
- Pigeon flutes - wind musical instruments "played" by pigeons in flight. windmusik.com
- Beijing Pigeon Whistles and flutes from China. Ancient Chinese Falcony Equipment from Eaglefalconer.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ A “Heaven full of violins” or the dove music bow. windmusik.com