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KC69
560 posts
Mar 24, 2017
6:51 AM
Sorry I cant add pictures. Please google David Doring playing Amazing Grace. The 22 pipe instrument runs $175.00
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BnT
37 posts
Mar 24, 2017
9:29 AM
I lived in Peru for a while and learned to play the antara (Quechua), aka: zampoƱa (Spanish) which is a little smaller than the pan flutes used in Europe. Great for playing "El Condor Pasa" and have never tried it for blues in the 26 years I've been back in the USA.
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nacoran
9408 posts
Mar 24, 2017
10:18 AM
I've 'played' pan flutes (or rather the little ones) to the extent that I've figured out how to get notes. I've contemplated putting my own set together. (There are instructables online for it.) I'd do it with a Richter note layout if I did just to soften the learning curve.

They are nice instruments, and seem like a more natural choice for someone who plays harmonica and is used to moving their mouth around to find notes compared to a regular flute.

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Rontana
383 posts
Mar 24, 2017
3:54 PM
I recall seeing a slew of informercials for Zamfir the Pan Flute Player many years back.

Nice sound on the video below . . . but reminds me less of blues and more of a Sergio Leone flick

That said, a pan flute with a Ricter layout (and maybe copper tubing instead of bamboo . . . plus a distortion pedal) might be kind of cool

JustFuya
1045 posts
Mar 24, 2017
5:04 PM
I've messed with them but that's about it. They can sound beautiful but to me they are one dimensional. Kinda like playing the piano with one finger but with fewer riff possibilities.


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