 Xaphoon | |
| Woodwind instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 422.211.2 (Single reed with cylindrical bore with fingerholes) |
| Inventor(s) | Brian L. Wittman |
| Developed | 1972 |
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| Related instruments | |
| Builders | |
| Maui Xaphoon | |
The xaphoon (/zæˈfuːn/ zaf-OON) is a chromatic keyless single-reed woodwind instrument invented in 1972, and a registered trademark of its inventor, Brian Lee Wittman. It has a closed cylindrical bore and a very slightly flared bell. The xaphoon has a full chromatic range of two octaves, and overblows at the twelfth like the clarinet.
