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here for unprocessed sound sample recorded indoors at 2 meters back.
Production chanters will be as for the finished chanter shown at photo
bottom, with integral wood or Delrin mounts plus the traditional brass
ferrule at the bell.
The tool and measuring probe sets are finished, and several test chanters have been reamed in Delrin plastic and cocobolo wood. The pitch is same as original Penny-Chanter with no major quirks. I anticipate availability by year's end at a bit higher cost than the Delrin brass-bore Penny-Chanter, and wood chanters a somewhat more than the Delrin and with a longer queue, due to the variability of wood and the care needed to stabilize it.
Fine-tuning prototypes is now underway. I finally, expect to have a budget version in Delrin to offer this winter. The tools have worked with both Delrin and cocobolo wood so when availability is certain, I'll contact those in our queues about possible upgrade options. We already have a supply of partly worked chanter blanks from past experimentation, so new orders will go straight into the queue without a production startup delay.
Click
here for unprocessed sound sample recorded indoors at 2 meters back.
Production chanters will be as for the finished chanter shown at photo
bottom, with integral wood or Delrin mounts plus the traditional brass
ferrule at the bell.
The main acoustic design concept is the same as P-C, and so the voice is basically the same though with some improvement in sweetness of tone. Bore and holes are the original proportions, it's tuned to take the original reed, and the exterior dimensions & shape are the same. But there is no longer the heavy brass bore so the weight will be the same as for any wood or plastic chanter.
To E-mail David Daye click here
Telephone Cuyahoga Falls Ohio USA (New York City time zone) 330-923-DAYE
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