It’s day 1 of a week-long marathon of ocarina batch reveals leading up to the 82nd New England Folk Festival in Marlborough, MA from April 24-26! This set, batch 22, consists of three soprano pendant ocarinas, SN 057, 058, and 059. This set is crafted from three woods – a beautiful curly claro walnut body, a striking zebrawood top, and my classic aromatic cedar mouthpiece. This batch also consists of two different keys – two Eb5 pendants, which is a new key offering, and an original Eb5 pendant. A summary of the woods for each ocarina is as follows:
SN 057 (Eb5): curly claro walnut, zebrawood, aromatic cedar
SN 058 (E5): curly claro walnut, zebrawood, aromatic cedar
SN 059 (Eb5): curly claro walnut, zebrawood, aromatic cedar
The tone of these ocarinas is bright and sweet with a rich texture to the timbre. Each pendant is carefully voiced with sweetness and clarity across the range, with a low breath curve that makes them effortless to play even at the high end. Like my first batch, all of these pendants are 7-hole style (6 hole plus 1 sub-hole) with a total of 18 notes.
Full in-depth details of every ocarina, as well as the story behind the pendant development, features of the pendants, sound samples, and a full song demo from this batch is now available on the Bretti Musical Instruments YouTube page:
Pendant Ocarina Unveiling Marathon Day 1 – Batch 22
Ocarina Improv 1 – Soprano Eb5 Pendant Ocarina
Additional details for the new pendant ocarinas can also be found on the dedicated Pendant Ocarinas page, where I include all of the general details, range, available keys, dimensions, and other resources. This is only the first of five brand new pendant batches for the unveiling marathon, so keep an eye out for more beautiful pendants to come!
