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The bark has been left on
the unsplit Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana)
branch
flute, measuring 16 1/2" in length and tuned to
high C#, playing the minor
pentatonic modes 1 & 4 with four, in tune, upper register
notes. American
bison lacing with horn bone beads holds the bird to the
nest. The
branch was gathered from a grove of Elderberry trees that grow
along
the San
Mateo river in California.
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