Instruments
The Suling flutes from Makassar

These  "Suling" bamboo flutes are from Makassar, from the famous artist and flute maker Khaeruddin Udin. Other than the Javanese Suling, these flutes are not tuned in the slendro or pelog scales, but provide a diatonic scale. The top ring  as well as the second ring are fixed from slipping by a piece of tape. The flute with the yellow tape is used for tuning the Kecapi boatlute, the second hole (key a) is the basic  note for the two strings of the Kecapi, but this only happens if the Suling is substituting the singing. The finger holes are not equidistand like on other Suling in Sulawesi, for example the bigger Lembang in Toraja or the Lalove of the Kaili people. The diameter of the flute varies depending on the supposed base key.

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