Comments on: The Bizarre Andes 25F Keyboard Wind Instrument

By: Marco

Marco — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:57:56 +0000

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.

By: John O'Connor

John O'Connor — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:36:45 +0000

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.

By: Roy Powell

Roy Powell — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:05:13 +0000

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

By: Simon Beck

Simon Beck — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:07:00 +0000

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…