Rondador

The rondador is an Ecuadorian panpipe, which is considered the national musical instrument of the country.

It differs from the other Andean panpipes ( " Antaras " ) as the Siku the fact that always lies between the growing main tubes each a shorter auxiliary tube, so that a sägeartiges profile. As one third lower auxiliary tubes are played, a peculiar smoky sound of two tubes produced simultaneously. Most instruments consist of 20-32 tubes.