sides of provinces of Lecco and Como (Italy). Quills, an African-American instrument known primarily through the recordings of Henry Thomas in the 1920s, and the Delta blues musician Sid Hemphill. More recently, Dom Flemons has revived the playing of the quills. Soinari Larchemi Notable pan flute musicians Ulrich Herkenhoff (German) Matthijs Koene (Dutch) Gheorghe Zamfir (Romanian) Leo Rojas (Ecuadorian) Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas (American, played a variant known as "quills") See also List of flautists Fife and drum blues Siku (instrument) References panpipe. (n.d.). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved July 17, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: Definition of panpipe | Dictionary.com External links A Worldwide History of the Pan Flute Spirit Flute Information on quills Ancient Greek musical instruments Early musical instruments Ukrainian musical instruments Pan (god) Sacred musical instruments