Bone Wind Instrument


Jamestown Rediscovery

whistle

This is a bone element to a wind instrument such as a recorder. It was found in Pit 3, ca. 1610. Recorders are easy to master and were quite popular among strolling street musicians and were commonly used in both church and theatre music.







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