The Only Supplier of Sea Shell Flutes
Hello, my name is Michael Ryan
I have been developing and demonstrating my SeashellMusic.com flutes and seashell whistles to school children, professional musicians, and adults who enjoy making their own discoveries in sound for the past 15 years. Collectors of rare and unusual instruments have also purchased my SeashellMusic.com products.
My Screw Shell Flute, currently my most popular shell, (made from a Turritella, or screw shell) contains a full octave and a half of notes. Finding the western octave inside of a seashell – by determining where to drill finger holes into it and how to play it – is a completely new discovery about seashells. It took me years to determine where to place the finger holes, how big to make the holes, and how to shape the aperture of the shell.
I have discovered that I can make sounds as basic as a loud, high-pitched whistle (see my Sea Siren Whistle), and as complex as Celtic music (see my hand-drilled Screw Shell Flute), in a style that sounds similar to a penny whistle.
I invite both small hands and big hands to give it a try.