A flute-like instrument, the ocarina is typically ceramic and made from clay. The ocarina is a contemporary descendant of the earthen flutes found at archaeological sites all over the world. Its unmistakable sound resonates across centuries of civilization. Soothing and simple to play, the ocarina is an extremely popular
instrument among performers in Japan. In terms of musical range and playability, the ocarina is comparable to the recorder.

NIGHT Ocarina Fioretto
Soprano C, G, F/Alto C. G. F/Tenor C
An ocarina designed for use on stage. A superb instrument offering depth and strength of sound.

Manufacturer’s comments

The ocarina is an ancient flute-like wind instrument made out of clay. It is often ceramic, but other materials may also be used such as plastic, wood, glass, clay and metal. Variations do exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body

The ocarina, unlike other vessel flutes, has the unusual quality of not relying on the pipe length to produce a particular tone. Instead the tone is dependent on the ratio of the total surface area of opened holes to the total cubic volume enclosed by the instrument. This means that, unlike a flute or recorder, sound is created by resonance of the entire cavity and the placement of the holes on an ocarina is largely irrelevant — their size is the most important factor.

Japan is the great nation know as “Made in Japan” which represents its high quality in various products all over the world. However, “sound making” is very sophisticated.
Sound making requires much more sophisticated process far beyond making products.
Most of Japanese manufactures except musical instruments manufactures walk away from sound making as it is so hard and most of them give up before sound comes out.

It might be considered offbeat to produce such musical instrument made out of clay!
However, we strive to produce ocarina fighting against clay every day straightforwardly in order to produce ocarina made out of clay. The reason why we strive every day is that we love such characteristic sound made out of clay from the bottom of our hearts. And we have seen many people who felt at ease and comforted by ocarina’s characteristic sound.

People need time to feel good bonding with sounds. I believe that this simple and handy musical instrument will echo within your mind and enrich the lives of everyone.

Profile of Taro Otsuka
- Join the company in 1999
- Promoted to the manager in charge of ocarina business division in 2000
- Engaged in fine tuning more than 15,000 pieces of ocarina in a year
- Promoted to Executive Managing Director in 2009