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Everyone is so talented in this fandom/in Bojan's stories, meanwhile best I can do instrumentally is this.

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Rare Medieval Bone Flute Unearthed in England

Archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology have unearthed a rare medieval bone flute during excavations in Herne Bay, located in Kent, southeastern coast of England.

Archaeologists were excavating the 61-hectare site, south of Hillborough, when they discovered the instrument, known as a ‘fipple flute’. Trenching in 2021 discovered features from the Late Bronze Age and Roman periods, as well as additional evidence of medieval activity.

The instrument was discovered inside a rectangular enclosure surrounded by a ditch. It was found in a layer with pottery dating to between the 12th and 15th centuries.

The flute was expertly carved from a sheep/goat tibia shaft and features five finger holes along the top and a thumb hole underneath. The researchers believe the flute is missing a mouthpiece, but it is otherwise complete and in excellent condition.

The instrument has been carved with five fingerholes along the top and a thumbhole underneath. 

A similar example, associated with a mid-14th century coin, was discovered in 1964 at Keynsham Abbey in Somerset. Additionally, there are examples from Winchester, Hampshire; Flaxengate, Lincoln; Coppergate, York; and a pair of reed pipes from Ipswich, Suffolk, among other locations in Europe, including England.

It is an end-blown flute called a fipple or duct, similar to a recorder or slide whistle. The flute form is very old; the oldest known flute was made from the griffon vulture’s bone 40,000 years ago, and the Neanderthal Flute, a partial flute made from a bear bone, is 20,000 years older. However, there are significant gaps in the archaeological record between the flutes made in prehistory and those that first appeared in the early Middle Ages, and these latter flutes are still extremely rare. Only about 120 archaeological examples, dating from the 5th to the 16th century, have ever been found in Britain.

Research on the artifact is ongoing.

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Some UnderTale-themed designs for recorder flutes that I’ve thought about (but probably won’t be able to make because I don’t have the tools to pull it off). If you’re a craftsman and want to try your hand at making these feel free to do so, so long as credit is given where credit is due. 

Gaster Blaster Model:

My idea was to take a clear plastic blue model (such as the YamahaYRS-20 or similar) and mold a Gaster Blaster over the head joint. While simple-looking, is actually the more complicated of the two designs because of where the jaw sits, making the jaw prone to breakage if not handled with care. 

Photoshop Flowey Model:

The “Photoshop Flowey” recorder is just a painted recorder, and would be much more easy to pull off. My idea was to use cheap wooden 3-piece recorder (such as the Eastar-DonnerMusic ERS-31 or similar), sand off the finish, and then paint over the wood or using a wood burner to draw in the designs.  

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I have this sinking feeling that the headline writer thought they were being witty—get it, a music term used to describe a music show? Alas, they might as well have chosen any other music term, such as sinfonietta or fipple flute. Just my humble suggestions.

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I am going to make a tiny fipple flute here's to me hopefully not fucking it up too badly

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My Irish Fipple Flute