Editing Pan flute (section)

== Variations ==
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[[File:Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.jpg|thumb|upright|American musician [[Dom Flemons]] of the [[Carolina Chocolate Drops]] plays the quills, a traditional African-American pan flute, suspending it in front of his mouth with a [[Harmonica#Rack or holder|harmonica rack]]]]
The curved-style pan flute was popularized by the Romanian musician Gheorghe Zamfir, who toured extensively and recorded many albums of pan flute music in the 1970s, and by several other artists who began recording at the same time. Today there are thousands of devoted players across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Both the curved and traditional South American variations are also very popular in [[Peru]]vian traditional groups and other [[Andean music]].

In [[Laos]] and [[Thailand]], there is a cylindrical version called the [[wot (musical instrument)|wot]], used in folk music from the [[Isaan]] region of the country. The player alters notes by rotating the instrument with the hands, rather than by head movements.

Some new designs are beginning to appear, as designers and makers take advantage of computer-aided design and 3D additive manufacturing, to move past the limitations of traditional tool and materials. These new pan flutes address some long-standing issues to make it an easier instrument to learn and to play accurately.

=== Types ===
* [[Skudučiai]]
* [[Paixiao]] 
* [[wot (musical instrument)|Wot]]
* [[Nai (pan flute)|Nai]] ([[Romania]], [[Moldova]]).
* [[Siku (instrument)|Siku]]
* [[Kuvytsi]], [[Svyryli]], [[Rebro]], [[Nai (pan flute)|Nai]] (Ukraine)
* A small panflute called ''[[chiflo]]'' or ''[[xipro]]'' was used by [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]n mobile knife sharpeners in Portugal, Spain,<ref name="JDiaz">[http://www.funjdiaz.net/museo/ficha.cfm?id=103 Instrumentos Musicales en los Museos de Urueña] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106192618/https://funjdiaz.net/museo/ficha.cfm?id=103 |date=2020-11-06 }}: Chiflo de Afilador</ref> Argentina<ref name="Clarín">''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]] - Revista Viva'', 28 August 2005, ''[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/08/28/sociedad/s-1042068.htm Personajes de la ciudad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013034833/http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/08/28/sociedad/s-1042068.htm |date=2008-10-13 }} - El afilador''.</ref> and Mexico, who blew quick, loud scales to announce their arrival in the neighborhood. They were traditionally bored from a block of wood, but more recently have been cast in plastic.
* The [[firlinfeu]] is a popular folk instrument in [[Brianza]], the province of [[Monza]] and the southern sides of provinces of [[Lecco]] and [[Como]] ([[Italy]]).
* Quills, an African-American instrument known primarily through the recordings of [[Henry Thomas (blues musician)|Henry Thomas]] in the 1920s, and the [[Delta blues]] musician [[Sid Hemphill]].  More recently, [[Dom Flemons]] has revived the playing of the quills.<ref name="Susque">{{cite web|url=https://www.susquehannafolkfestival.org/dom-flemons|title=Dom Flemons - Susquehanna Folk Festival|website=Susquehannafolkfestival.org|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-date=26 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226172717/https://www.susquehannafolkfestival.org/dom-flemons|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Soinari]]
* [[Larchemi]]