INSTRUMENT LIST
WOOD & ETHNIC FLUTES , UNUSUAL WOODWINDS , FOLK & ETHNIC DOUBLE REEDS
“I am often asked “How can you play so many instruments? Well, I’ve been playing for many years and started playing flute, sax, wood flutes, and recorders all before I was ten years old. I have always concentrated on the various flutes and fipple based instruments (like whistles), and consider myself strongest on those.
Instruments like double reeds, melodica, bass harmonica, etc. I don’t play much, but I keep them around to add a little color to a score. Believe it or not, over-dubbing several different shawms to create to aural illusion of an army of barbarians coming right at you can be a satisfying aesthetic experience!”
AMERICAN - EUROPEAN - PAN AMERICAN
Wood Flutes - Sopranino to Bass - all keys
Reed Flutes - Sopranino to Alto - all keys
Celtic Pennywhistle, Low Whistle, Irish Flute - all keys
Panpipes
Ocarinas - Sopranino to Bass
Recorders - Sopranino to Great Bass
Bagpipes
Native American flutes - Soprano to Bass
South American: Kena, Moseno, Tarka
Medieval and Renaissance Double Reeds
FAR EAST
Chinese Dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) - Standard to Sopranino
Japanese Shakuhachi - Standard, Alto, and Soprano
Shino-bue & Nohkan - Traditional Japanese Flutes
Indonesian Suling (Gamelan flute) Soprano and Alto - microtonal
MIDDLE EAST/EAST INDIAN
Duduk (Armenian Double Reed); Shvi (Aremenian Shepards flute)
Zurnas, Punjab (Snake charmer pipe, buzzy Arabic and Asian oboes)
Nay (Wood flutes of North Africa, Middle East)
Bansuri (Wood flutes of India)
WESTERN INSTRUMENTS
Flutes: Concert, Piccolo, Alto & Bass
Saxophones: Soprano & Alto
Clarinets: Standard & Bass
Miscellaneous:
Bird Whistles, Slide Whistle, Microtonal Woodwinds, Seashell, Melodica, Bass Melodica, and Bass Harmonica