http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/05/31/the-bizarre-andes-25f-keyboard-wind-instrument/ Electronic music news, synthesizers, reviews and more! Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/05/31/the-bizarre-andes-25f-keyboard-wind-instrument/#comment-129037 Simon Beck Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:07:00 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6900#comment-129037 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... 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…

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