Bamboo Whistle

Bamboo Whistle – 2 slide whistles in one

Made from real Bamboo

You change the note by pulling the bamboo handle in and out to various degrees.

I had never seen one like this before. This was personally sourced and I immediately made the contact!

Made in Bali and locally called a Double Peluit.

Bamboo Whistle Dimensions

13 x 5 cm.

We sell lots of otther wind instruments and other usual musical instruments from around the world.

All our balinese musical instruments are handmade in Bali by Darma and Nanang. We have been working with Darma since 2008 and Nanang since 2017.

We sell many handcrafted items from Indonesia. Indonesia has so many amazing indigenous crafts.

We sell more musical instruments from Bali in our other listings. 

We stock many of the kinds of crafts that Bali is rightly famous for and are small part of supporting the craftwork industry there and ensuring that the skills built up over generations are not lost.

Background

he Music of Bali, Bali is an Indonesian island that shares in the gamelan and other Indonesian musical styles. Bali, however, has its own techniques and styles, including kecak, a form of singing that imitates the sound of monkeys.

In addition, the island is home to several unique kinds of gamelan, including the gamelan jegog, gamelan gong gede, gamelan gambang, gamelan selunding and gamelan semar pegulingan, the cremation music angklung and the processional music bebonangan.

Modern popular styles include gamelan gong kebyar, dance music which developed during the Dutch occupation and 1950s era joged bumbung, another popular dance style.

In Balinese music you can also hear metallophones, gongs and xylophones.

More information on balinese musical instruments