Sebbi, I need your help, or anyone else

[Anonymous]

who can help me track down a particular instrument. Was watching a movie a while back, and in  this movie there was a wedding and a man played this instrument, but can't seem to know what it's called. It was a reed type instrument, very small, had about 4 or 5 longish type reeds that you blew into, they looked to be maybe 5 or 6 inches long, jeesh I wish I could remember the name of the movie, but the sound that came from those reeds had me spellbound. I tried google, but without a name the search was impossible. Anyone, any idea's ?   BB

[Sewa Yoleme]

Sounds like the panpipes, also called pan flutes. Very haunting sound. See if this looks like what you're remembering:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_pipes

.:. Sewa Yoleme

[Anonymous]

Yes, yes, YES !!!!  OH thank you, thank you, thank you !!!!!

[Sebbi]

That confused me because I was imagining an instrument that was a load of pipes each with a reed at the end, and I've never seen anything like that.

Panpipes, I believe, aren't technically reeded but fluted. In music, a reed is like what you get on the top of a clarinet and you, like a normal person, were thinking of an actual planty type reed.

So yeah - I was a bit confused and probably wouldn't have been able to help you, it's a good thing that Sewa Yoleme is here.