OVERVIEW
The name of this instrument refers to Cantón de Mohosa, a Bolivian locality. Although employed in its original milieu as a harmonics instrument, the progressive Andean folk music turned the moseño into a bass flute (which is the purpose for which we make it).
The moseño has an auxiliary pipe working as an air duct. This air duct brings the mouthpiece towards the midpoint of the instrument, thus reducing the distance between the embouchure and the tone holes.
The most common moseño sounds one octave lower than the standard quena and has a 35.4-inch approximate length. Moseños, however, can also be made in other keys.
OVERVIEW
The name of this instrument refers to Cantón de Mohosa, a Bolivian locality. Although employed in its original milieu as a harmonics instrument, the progressive Andean folk music turned the moseño into a bass flute (which is the purpose for which we make it).
The moseño has an auxiliary pipe working as an air duct. This air duct brings the mouthpiece towards the midpoint of the instrument, thus reducing the distance between the embouchure and the tone holes.
The most common moseño sounds one octave lower than the standard quena and has a 35.4-inch approximate length. Moseños, however, can also be made in other keys.
SPECIFICATIONS
• Materials Bamboo body; some pieces of wood and synthetic materials
• Number of finger holes 6 (4 on the top + 2 thumbs)
• Range 2 octaves and a Major 3rd
• Set A cloth bag, a fingering chart, and a maintenance leaflet come included for free with the purchase of each item
