Pan Flutes

Pan Flutes

Pan flutes (or pan pipes) are woodwind instruments with 6000 years of history that emerged in various cultures all around the world. It gets its name from the Greek god Pan and is considered to be the instrument of shepherds. The pan flute is made of several pipes with different lengths that are arranged in a row. They produce pitches according to the length of the air column inside the pipes. The sound is generated by blowing horizontally across an open end against the sharp inner edge of the pipes. Most pan flutes are diatonically tuned and possess a pitch range from two to three octaves.