I used to make recorders using the archives of ancient European musical instruments at the beginning, but when I met Tabor Pipe, I was drawn to the charm of one-handed flutes. Since then, I have come to make them.
Tabor pipes were played in troops and festivals throughout Europe around the 12th and 15th centuries before recorders appeared. Also, it seems that there are many descriptions in German literature and poetry around the 13th century that the tabor pipe was played by a bard.
Afterwards, It has been actively performed in England since the 16th century and was used as an accompaniment to Morris dance. Within the Oxford University Bate collection are two tabor pipes, Henry potter & Co. and Rudall Carte & Co., both made in the mid-19th century.
This is the current general fingering. As with the recorder, you can hold it in your mouth. Then, use your left thumb (or right hand) thumb, index finger, and middle finger to close the three tone holes above and below. At this time, the little finger and ring finger of the left hand support the whistle by sandwiching the end of the whistle. The tabor pipe as an instrument plays in the second and third octaves without using the first octave.