I lived in South America for many years and fell in love with a simply made pan-flute called a Siku.....?

Question

I fell in love with a simple bamboo pan-flute called a Siku. They are Peruvian in origin. The difference between this pan-flute and others is that all of the tubes are the same diameter. This induces a "windy" sound instead of a sharp tone. Those that play it say that it is preferred because it is like the winds of the Andes mountains. My Siku was broken when I moved back to the States and before I could learn to play it. Does anyone know of this instrument, where I can get the very long-jointed bamboo to make one and where I could get some help in learning to play it. I should have done this while in S.A. but.....
Has anyone else had the experience of listening to this beautiful sound?

Answer 1

Hi! It is a gorgeous sound. The first time I became entranced was listening to the filmscore from the movie "Under Fire" by Jerry Goldsmith. Here's a bunch of information.. there are some for sale on Ebay.. some to order directly.. information on instruction. I do hope that this helps..... and I wish you beautiful music!
http://www.shakuhachi.com/F-Panpipes.html
http://www.shakuhachi.com/PG-Taher-Siku.html
http://instruments.search.ebay.com/SIKU_Musical-Instruments_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQcatrefZC11QQfromZR40QQsacatZ619
http://www.panflutejedi.com/resources-page.html
http://www.toddgreen.com/flutes.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/new-Learn-To-Play-the-Siku-music-book_W0QQitemZ260132872535QQihZ016QQcategoryZ41788QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDn1KRcOXVY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4gHok3Wng&feature=related
http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/under_fire.html

Answer 2

He's 10 they're probably just his friends. Stop reading too much into it, if they are those kind of calls why does your son give out your number and think this is okay? Take some responsibility and show the boy some morals instead of coming to Yahoo talking nonsense, how old are you? 15? Acting like a child.