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This strange music instrument is the Andes 25F – a flute keyboard!

It looks like a variation on the Suzuki Melodion. If you’ve got any info on this beast, let me know in the comments!

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4 Responses to “The Bizarre Andes 25F Keyboard Wind Instrument”  

  1. 1 Simon Beck

    I played one today at Macari’s, London. It’s similar to a Melodica but has whistles instead of reeds. If you like, it’s a keyboard pan-pipe (hence the name “Andes”) or a mouth-pumped pipe organ! It has a very sweet recorder-like sound, but is expensive (£129) for its usefulness and musical range. Pity…

  2. 2 Roy Powell

    I bought one!
    Also from Macari’s! Couldn’t resist it.Will be using it to double lines.
    Oh what fun!

  3. 3 John O'Connor

    Purchased one through Suzuki website. It’s similar enough to the recorder that I plan to use it for a medieval/renaissance group playing the recorder parts along with lutes, shawms and sackbuts. It’s got enough range to be useful in a variety of formats.

  4. 4 Marco

    I just bought one from Suzuki. What a unique instrument! It sounds very “toy-like”, but in a good way. I’ll definitely find some places for this in various recording projects – It’s like having a mini recorder ensemble at your fingertips. I’m really glad that I found this quirky creation.

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