Recently, I visited Jamestown. In the gift shop I found some cheap bamboo fifes.
The visitor center
The Fifes were only 2.00, so I said, what the heck, and bought one.
Basket of ‘Bamboo Fifes’ in the shop
An artistic picture of the unopened fife.
Then of course there was that gosh darn piece of fluff that kept on bothering my dog, so I says,
“Johny, You’ve got to…
oops, sorry, got a little off track there.
For a 2.00 fife, It plays surprisingly well. It has the same range as a six hole keyless fife ([It’s in the key of C] It has low D, E, F, G, A, B, C mid D, E, F, G, A, B, C, and High D, E, F, G, B. About 2 1/2 octaves. Here is a sound sample of the scale