source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:44:50 -0700 Subject: RE: Neanderthal flute From: Johnny Reinhard Though the Discovery article was an April's Fools ploy, the Neanderthal "flute" is real. At the recent Flute Conference held in New York, microtonal flutist Susan Friedlander reported to me that they were leaning towards a nay-like activater for the cave bear femur. Additionally, there are reputed to be bird-bone flutes, a fair number of which were found in the same location as the femur-flute. According to the photo in TNYTimes, 4 holes were punched into the femur of a now extinct cave bear, visually equidistant. The outside rims of the furthest holes have decayed. Johnny Reinhard Director American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@idt.net Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 19:26 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03513; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 19:26:50 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03511 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id KAA11911; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:25:13 -0700 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:25:13 -0700 Message-Id: <97041117241044/0005695065PK5EM@MCIMAIL.COM> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu