Our fellow fipple-flautists, have outdone themselves! Here is a beautiful low instrument made by recorder-maker Adriana Breukink.
it has been dubbed “Lady Lung Destroyer”
And some complain about their whistle cloggin’…
Wow! What a sub woofer. Do you have any idea how much one of those would set me back Walden? I’m not seriously contemplating it but I’m curious. I’ve got enough new wood to be going on with right now.
On 2003-02-20 10:01, Wombat wrote:
Do you have any idea how much one of those would set me back Walden? I’m not seriously contemplating it but I’m curious.
It runs 2,900 euros. That recorder is 10 ft. long!
When the music ends, that thing doubles in the caber toss.
Wouldn’t you need an air compressor to play that thing?
And another European fipple-flute can be found in the pages at:
Only six or seven feet long, though, rather than ten. They grow them big in Europe. . .
Man, click on those sound samples. This instrument, the fujara, has an amazing, haunting sound. Must . . . put . . . credit. . .card . . . away. Argh!
–Aaron
On 2003-02-20 10:26, jim_mc wrote:
When the music ends, that thing doubles in the caber toss.
Shouldn’t all recorders be thrown in a caber toss, into some convenient loch?
I do believe that Thomas Hastay may have posted that pic before, perhaps on the old board.
I still wonder how any human musters the lung power to play such a monstrosity. At the very least, I’d need a VERY large compressed air tank. Then, of course, there’s the muscle and balance to hold the thing upright.
Gaacckk! I usually have breathing troubles with a low D.
Not to mention the VERY difficult piper’s grip you would need to use!
On 2003-02-20 13:21, BrassBlower wrote:
Not to mention the VERY difficult piper’s grip you would need to use!
There is historical reference to sub-contra bass recorders being played using the feet. It says on the site, “Mersenne even mentions this recorder with keys that can be played with the feet or by another player.”
Hey all you whistle makers out there, here’s a chance to make your mark! (1) Build the worlds biggest tin whistle (2) Get 6 or more C&F’ers to play an aire on it (maybe more for lung power), and (3) Make your mark in the Guinness Book of World Records! Heck, paint it black, and maybe Guinness would even sponser it! You cold even invite Andrea Corr! Hm… and you could put signs on it like race cars, from sponsers like the Whistle shop…
Some case, I’ll bet.
Jef
Has anyone alerted the U.S. Army?
All they’d have to do is bring that honkin’ thing to Iraq, place it close to Saddam, and blast him to bits via the second-octave Bb.
A single note, and music saves the day again! 
(If only it WERE that easy…)
Even though they’re nice to listen to, I’ve always thought bell choirs looked a little silly with all these people playing two notes each.
Maybe the BBW (BIG Black Whistle) could be like that. One strong person pumps a bellows to direct air through the airway while three others, each holding two large plugs, take their turn opening/closing the appropriate holes. Half holing would be a real problem, though. If I can’t do it right with a quarter-inch hole, I can just see trying to do it with a hole six inches in diameter.
On 2003-02-20 16:58, Soineanta wrote:
All they’d have to do is bring that honkin’ thing to Iraq, place it close to Saddam, and blast him to bits via the second-octave Bb.
A single note, and music saves the day again!
Well, it worked for the Bush, Sr. Government against Manuel Noriega. Wait… was that recorder music or was it Enya?
On 2003-02-21 03:41, Walden wrote:
Well, it worked for the Bush, Sr. Government against Manuel Noriega. Wait… was that recorder music or was it Enya?
Actually it was neither. I have it on totally unreliable authority that it was 47 hours of alternating between Barry Manilow and a Mantovani Orchestra tribute band consisting primarily of accordions, recorders and bodhrans.
I remember telling Dale about that picture 3 years ago. I think Thomas has mentioned it also.
The tone column is around 101 inches. They don’t take as much wind as you would think. My 4ft basswhistle takes about the same wind as many Low-D’s. My ultimate dream whistle is an octave below low-D with C and C# extensions, fully keyed and fully chromatic cylindrical bore tin whistle made of wood. I might try to build it this summer.
Timbeeeeeer! 