The penny whistle or tin whistle has been a popular instrument with players through out the world owing to its low cost, ready availability and ease of construction. The oldest whistle found in ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions BBC Radio Wales, The Traditional Music of Wales A close relation of the whistle is the flute. Until the late 1800s most flutes were made out of wood ...

Most modern concert flutes are made of silver, but this wasn't always the case: instruments dating back around 40,000 years were made of bone or hollowed wood. Technically speaking, a range of ...