The Oriental Flute - Side blown / Exotic scale

Made by the wonderful artisan Erik the Flutemaker:
“ My 21 1/2 inch side-blown Oriental flute is inspired by the end blown Japanese Shakuhachi - a deep, rich, enchanting, meditative flute with a pentatonic scale. made from ancient bamboos originally from China that found their way to Japan. After centuries in Japan the bamboo came over to the US in the 1880's, settling into Florida into the hands or the earliest horticultural pioneers”