In this video, Durian Songbird, the founder of Songbird Ocarina, takes you on a tour of his downtown Los Angeles studio. You get to see several ocarinas in various stages of the creation process.
Durian introduces you to a few of his staff. You get to view them in their various work stations smoothing out clay glazes and finishing the shape and fine details on ocarinas before they are kiln fired. You also get to see the drying racks and kilns utilized for firing the clay ocarinas.
Durian and the staff at Songbird Ocarina are passionate about ocarinas and are committed to offering the highest quality, most beautiful sounding and looking ocarinas at a price that everybody can afford. They are continuously striving to make even more special and delightful ocarinas to play. They are incredibly committed to assisting people master the art of playing the ocarina. On their web site, www.songbirdocarina.com, they have a free composer page which helps users to develop their own songs. Durian also created Songbird, the Ultimate iPhone Wind Instrument, which is an app that turns your iPhone into a playable ocarina or other wind instrument of your selection.
You can find the ocarinas shown in this video as well as other ocarinas and songbooks:
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