BULGARIAN TRADITIONAL KAVAL FLUTE in Bf, cornel tree, made by Y. Vassilev

ShopBulgaria offers you a traditional woodwind instrument Kaval, hand made by one of the best Bulgarian kaval master – Yordan Vassilev. Instrument is of perfect make, intended for professional musicians. The instrument's quality is guaranteed, supported also by certificate that Shop Bulgaria ltd. and master have issued. It is made of especially dried Cornel tree material. Cornel is considered to be the best material for woodwind instruments. There are metal rings on the joints, which are made of special solide black plastic. If one wants a horn ring could be added on top of the mouthpiece. The instrument comes in a soft leather case.

The instrument is in the key of Bf - Si bemol.

B - from B (Si) in small to A (La) in third octave

Length: 81 cm/ 31,9 inches

The kaval in Bf is rather long which makes it a bit hard to play. In order to play the instrument more easily, the last holes of the instrument should be placed further right or left, depending on the hand used by the musician (whether it is left or right). The point is to have no difficulty whatsoever in closing the last hole of the kaval.
EXCELLENT QUALITY instrument!

About the master:
The name of our Kaval master is Yordan Vassilev. He is a professional kaval player among the most gifted musicians in south Bulgaria and is also known as a one of the best masters of Bulgarian traditional music instruments. All instruments on the picture we have provided are made by Yordan Vassilev.
He is born in 1945 in a family of musicians. He started playing bag pipe and kaval when he was a little child. 16 years old he made his first public appearance with an orchestra. Initially he took part in the ensemble of Sliven. Later in 1968, when the famous Philip Koutev school was founded he won the job contest and started as a Gaida and Kaval teacher, where he has been teaching some of the most famous and talented contemporary Bulgarian musicians. Meanwhile he also started making folklore instruments Kaval and Gaida under the guidance of the famous experienced old master Slavi Ivanov from the village of Kameno. He made his first gadulka instrument as a student of Petko Denev - the most famous old Master from town of Gabrovo. The master skills and technique acquired were developed to perfection of making Bulgarian folklore instruments: gaida, kaval, all kind of traditional woodwind instruments, gadulka and tupan. He is a conductor of the Thracian orchestra more then 15 years now.