Bob,

these are tuneable, they have the brass bits that you can slide in and out, they are all in 2 bits, and all have a few extra holes at the bottom.... now I can go out and get some tassles to put on them now that I know what they are for.....

I got 7 of them for $60.. looks like I got a good deal then????

a friend has offered me some bamboo papers which he has for his, and some elk blood which apparently is a Chinese medicine used for gluing them on.

these have both Chinese and ??Indian writing on them, I'll get one of the girls in work to translate the Chinese.

I also got 2 weirds things which I am not sure what they are. Each about 3 inches long (white)with a few holes in them. If you block off the 2 ends you can play them like an ocarina. I'm not sure if that is what they are or if they are some sort of pitch pipe....

slainte

alison