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A Question about the New York City segment


Hello,


I have been wondering since I saw this movie months ago, what is that instrument that Helmut plays in the cab for his passengers?


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Skin flute.

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Practically two years since I posted this question, and no answer. I guess I had better ask a cab driver in NYC.

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It's a recorder, a type of fipple flute. We all had to play them in elementary school (at least in Brooklyn).

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Really? Wow. Yeah, I had to play the recorder in my music class in elementary school as well. The one from this movie looks a lot different than the one I'm familiar with.

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Maybe that's because he's playing two of them at once, and they're smaller than a regular recorder. East German style, I guess.

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