a membrane reed pipe
here’s a small diy segment. i’ve been trying to do a membrane reed pipe. so here is my first try, with the first (positive) results.
here is the main principle (you can’t see much on our whiteboard).
my plans are to continue this work and do a full membrane reed bagpipe in Bb minor. we’ll see what i can do. as you could tell, the plain C recorder sounds a bit exotic as it is. as for the harmonic flute, i love it just the way it is. i think it makes a wonderful sound.
as for materials, you can use any kind of pipes. i used cheap aluminum pipes (for weight and being recyclable), which cost me about 3€ each, plus one school grade recorder which cost me about 6€. the thread i had already, and the plastic bags too.
i also changed the software on this page. the older one was good for customization (yii framework), but i decided to go standard and setup wordpress instead, just so i wouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel and jump so many code hurdles. so now i’ll finally be able to provide formulas. but this also means bookmarks are broken. luckily i only have so few articles.
soon, i’ll resume our segments on things.