Vessel flute

Ocarinas on display

...at a shop in Taiwan

...at a Renaissance fair in Germany

A vessel flute is a type of flute with an enclosed rather than cylindrical body (vessel rather than tube). The best-known example is probably the ocarina.

• Gemshorn
  • Pifana
• Ocarina
  • Molinukai
• Xun
  • Hun

See also

• End-blown flute
• Fipple flute
• Nose flute
• Overtone flute
• Side-blown flute

Flutes and whistles
Side- blown	Bansuri Daegeum Dizi Fife Five-key flute Fue Kagurabue Komabue Minteki Nohkan Ryūteki Shinobue Yokobue Irish flute Koudi Sáo Simple system flute Tambin Venu Xindi Concert Piccolo Treble Soprano Concert Flûte d'amour Alto Bass Contra-alto Contrabass Subcontrabass Double contrabass Hyperbass
End- blown	Anasazi flute Danso Floghera Frilka Fue Hotchiku Shakuhachi Gudi Kaval Kōauau Ney Nose flute Kalaleng Nose whistle Pinkillu Qina Quray Sodina Sopilka Šupelka Svirel Washint Xiao Pan Kuvytsi Larchemi Nai Miskal Paixiao Siku Soinari Wot
Fipple	Atenteben Dentsivka Diple Dvoyanka Flabiol Flageolet Frula Fujara Hydraulophone Khloy Khlui Kuisi Low whistle Native American flute Organ pipe Salamuri Shvi Sjøfløyte Slide whistle Souravli Spilåpipa Stabule Tarka Tabor pipe Tin whistle Txistu Whistle Xirula Zuffolo Recorders Garklein Sopranino Soprano Alto Voice flute Tenor Bass Great bass Contrabass Sub-great bass Sub-contrabass Vessel Gemshorn Pifana Hun Molinukai Ocarina Tonette Xun
Overtone	Fujara Kalyuka Koncovka Willow flute
Other	Chinese folk flute music Flute repertory Tone hole Uakti Vertical flute