A couple of weeks ago, I was in Sweden piping at the opening of the Archaeomusica exhibition. Most of the pipes in my case were reproductions of archaeological finds. In 2008, a 40,000-year-old vulture bone with 5 finger holes was unearthed in Hohle Fels cave, southwestern Germany. On 8 April this year, I made a reproduction from a Gyps fulvus radius bone kindly provided […]
vulture bone
Pibroch on 30,000-year-old flute
I’d like to share my arrangement of Hiorodotra cheredeche (PS 126) for a prehistoric bone with four finger holes. The original is about 30,000 years old and was found in Isturitz cave, southwest France. It is made from the wing bone of a Griffon vulture - a Gyps fulvus ulna. Last May, thanks to the European Music Archeaology Project, I […]