I just thought some of you might find it humorous that, after talking about whistles, whistles, and more whistles, ad infinitum, I am now stepping outside the bos…
I am building a percussion bass syrinx.
I used Flutomat to get the tube lengths.
No, it is NOT for sale!
… (where will it all end??? ) …
Bill Whedon
Serpent Music
What’s a syrinx?
I think it’s a type of cat.
Wow, from whistles to biology! Love to see the intermediate stages!
It’s what happens when you wash yer britches an’ they wind up a size too small.
I think i know what it is! 
Pan Flute??
Syrinx was an Arcadian river-nymph who was pursued by Pan. To escape him she fled into the waters of her river where she pleaded the gods for help, and they changed her into a reed. Disappointed, Pan cut the reed into pieces of gradually decreasing lengths, fastened them together with wax and thus produced the shepherd’s flute, or “pipes of Pan”, upon which he plays.
from this website:
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/syrinx.html
from this website:
http://www.panflutejedi.com/syrinximage.html
‘the gods’ suck. Really. I mean, what kind of rescue was that? And look at poor old Marsyas… :roll:
Could have been worse. They could have turned her into a nice plump duck for the now famished-because-of-all-the chasing Pan to snack on… Personally I would rather be a twig than be eaten by a half man half goat with the sexual prowess of a Jack Rabbit…
-Cy
Or they could’ve said “Oy, Pan, behave yerself” and given him a good godly boot skwar in the 'nads.
But no-o-oh, let’s turn the poor helpless nymph into a reed, mwa-ha-ha, and if anyone complains we can look all innocent and inscrutable and go “but…we saved her, dint we, which is wot she asked for innit, where’s the problemo?”. Then they go titter behind the bike sheds: “hehe, we changed her into a reed! shoulda seen the look on her face!”
And what about Salmacis then eh? What did Hermaphroditus ever do to deserve his fate, eh?
Barstewards, the lot of 'em… Never trust any of the gods, especially if they appear in yer bedroom as a shower of gold…
I think Serp is building one of them big PVC pipe contraptions that are played with felt pads, such like the ones that the Blue Man group uses.
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Close but no prize… No felt pads needed for this contraption! We be using real adjustable drumheads and it’ll be played with a tipper!
'nother contraption that we’re working on is called a “slidjeridu”, for “slide dijeridu”…
Blue Man Group rocks!!!
Bill Whedon
“All Hail the Gods!.. With rocks and arrows!”
Back to the original post… So… do we get to se a pic and maybe hear a clip of this instrumental contraption in action? Hmmm? Pretty Please?