An apparatus comprises a flute, a base, and a thumb rest. The base is attached to the flute and defines a channel. The thumb rest is inserted into the channel and defines an elongate body. The thumb rest is positioned such that a flutist may rest a right thumb against the thumb rest while using conventional fingering to play the flute.

Minawi Straw is invented by a Musician/Music Teacher/Composer Mr. Hasan Ahmad Minawi. It is a unique Musical Instrument, made of simple and inexpensive plastic materials, and it is characterized with a new unique musical sound that has accurate music dimensions according to Music Industry Notes, compatible with other music instruments, as it produces unique different sounds when using a special way of inflation (FIG. 5). The Minawi Straw is made up of one plastic tube of 19.60 centimeters in length equal to 7.72 inches, and the length can be adjusted longer as needed. It has 8 Sound holes7 Sound holes on the front side and 1 Sound hole which is Opening 8 on the Upper Rear side (described in the drawing (FIGS. 1 and 2) as openings 1-8). It can be adjusted up to 10 Sound holes, as needed by Player.

Minawi Straw is invented by a Musician/Music Teacher/Composer Mr. Hasan Ahmad Minawi. It is a unique Musical Instrument, made of simple and inexpensive plastic materials, and it is characterized with a new unique musical sound that has accurate music dimensions according to Music Industry Notes, compatible with other music instruments, as it produces unique different sounds when using a special way of inflation (FIG. 5). The Minawi Straw is made up of one plastic tube of 19.60 centimeters in length equal to 7.72 inches, and the length can be adjusted longer as needed. It has 8 Sound holes7 Sound holes on the front side and 1 Sound hole which is Opening 8 on the Upper Rear side (described in the drawing (FIGS. 1 and 2) as openings 1-8). It can be adjusted up to 10 Sound holes, as needed by Player.

A wind instrument cavity resonator and optional flexible flute crown assembly capable of improved sound generation and amplification within a flute or piccolo body is presented. The crown presents a swiveling nut joint, and the resonator has one or more counterweights to assist in the sound and weight balancing of the musical instrument, creating an acoustically pleasing flute or similar sound generation device.

A predetermined sound interval interlocking mechanism 7 for making opening and closing operations of sound hole covers 4 of an existing sound range interlock with opening and closing operations of sound hole covers 4 of an expanded sound range is provided and a sound hole switching mechanism capable of collectively closing the sound holes of the high-pitched range by one key operation is provided independent from the predetermined sound interval interlocking mechanism 7. By using the above described mechanisms, both ranges can be played only by the operation of selecting the sound range and operating the sound hole covers 4 of the existing sound range. In addition, a slide plate 9 sliding along an inner surface of the tube for forcibly opening and closing the sound holes 3 from the inside of the tube is proposed as the sound hole switching mechanism.

A predetermined sound interval interlocking mechanism 7 for making opening and closing operations of sound hole covers 4 of an existing sound range interlock with opening and closing operations of sound hole covers 4 of an expanded sound range is provided and a sound hole switching mechanism capable of collectively closing the sound holes of the high-pitched range by one key operation is provided independent from the predetermined sound interval interlocking mechanism 7. By using the above described mechanisms, both ranges can be played only by the operation of selecting the sound range and operating the sound hole covers 4 of the existing sound range. In addition, a slide plate 9 sliding along an inner surface of the tube for forcibly opening and closing the sound holes 3 from the inside of the tube is proposed as the sound hole switching mechanism.