Duct flute; pinkillu

Rollano pinkillu, duct flute. The straight body is made of a branch of jarka wood (genus Albizia) spilt laterally for the bore to be carved out. The two halves are bound with twelve bands of ox tendon. A beak-shaped mouthpiece is carved at the proximal end. A block of charka-uma wood (Proustia cuneifolia) is inserted and is sealed with beeswax or fat. It extends slightly from the top of the beak. The entrance to the windway is trapezium shaped in section. A square mouth or window with a long chamfered lower edge is cut into the front of the the tube. Six large, round finger holes are arranged in two groups of three towards the distal end, This is is partially stopped by a wooden disc with a small central hole.