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A pigeon whistle (known as a geling 鸽铃 or geshao 鸽哨 in China) is a device attached to a pigeon such that it emits a noise whilst flying. They have long been used in Asian countries, particularly China for entertainment, tracking and to deter attack by birds of prey. The practice was once common but is now much less widespread owing to increasing urbanisation and regulation of pigeon keeping. A modern version of the device, based on specimens held at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, has been developed by musician Nathaniel Mann. Mann has performed with the devices attached to racing pigeons at festivals across the United Kingdom.

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  • Die Taubenflöte (englisch pigeon flute oder pigeon whistle) ist eine kleine Pfeife oder ein Set mehrerer Pfeifen, die einer Taube auf die mittleren Schwanzfedern gebunden werden und beim Flug durch die Luftbewegung angeregt pfeifende Geräusche erzeugen. Taubenflöten wurden erstmals in China gebaut. Winzige Schilf- oder Bambusröhrchen werden mit aus Knochen geschnitzten Flötenköpfen und einem kleinen mit einem Loch versehenen „Fuß“ versehen. Der „Fuß“ der Flöte wird zwischen den zusammengebundenen Kielen der mittleren Schwanzfedern durchgesteckt und mit einem Sicherungsring durch das Loch gegen Herausfallen während des Fluges gesichert. Wenn die Tauben fliegen, erzeugt der über die Pfeifen/Flöten streifende Flugwind einen Pfeifton. Die Taubenflöten stören oder behindern die Tauben nicht. Ursprünglich waren die Taubenflöten zur Abwehr gegen Greifvögel gedacht. Mittlerweile hat sich ein Sport daraus entwickelt. (de)
  • A pigeon whistle (known as a geling 鸽铃 or geshao 鸽哨 in China) is a device attached to a pigeon such that it emits a noise whilst flying. They have long been used in Asian countries, particularly China for entertainment, tracking and to deter attack by birds of prey. The practice was once common but is now much less widespread owing to increasing urbanisation and regulation of pigeon keeping. A modern version of the device, based on specimens held at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, has been developed by musician Nathaniel Mann. Mann has performed with the devices attached to racing pigeons at festivals across the United Kingdom. (en)
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  • [When] the birds fly the wind blowing through the whistles sets them vibrating, and thus produces an open-air concert, for the instruments in one and the same flock are all tuned differently. On a serene day in Peking, where these instruments are manufactured with great cleverness and ingenuity, it is possible to enjoy this aerial music while sitting in one’s room. (en)
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  • Berthold Laufer, 1908 (en)
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  • On pigeon whistles (en)
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  • A pigeon whistle (known as a geling 鸽铃 or geshao 鸽哨 in China) is a device attached to a pigeon such that it emits a noise whilst flying. They have long been used in Asian countries, particularly China for entertainment, tracking and to deter attack by birds of prey. The practice was once common but is now much less widespread owing to increasing urbanisation and regulation of pigeon keeping. A modern version of the device, based on specimens held at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, has been developed by musician Nathaniel Mann. Mann has performed with the devices attached to racing pigeons at festivals across the United Kingdom. (en)
  • Die Taubenflöte (englisch pigeon flute oder pigeon whistle) ist eine kleine Pfeife oder ein Set mehrerer Pfeifen, die einer Taube auf die mittleren Schwanzfedern gebunden werden und beim Flug durch die Luftbewegung angeregt pfeifende Geräusche erzeugen. (de)
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  • Taubenflöte (de)
  • Pigeon whistle (en)
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