{"id":42367,"date":"2014-07-30T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T18:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=42367"},"modified":"2024-06-14T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T18:08:13","slug":"adaptive-wind-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2014\/adaptive-wind-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive Wind Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few years I have written a few articles on one-handed saxophones (see tags<\/a>), but the two people who did the customizations on the horns were both in USA. Then this morning I happened across a fellow from Amsterdam, who has been making adaptive wind instruments for years.<\/p>\n

Maartin Visser is a trained woodwind instrument maker who owns Flutelab<\/a>, which is located in Amsterdam, Holland. Flutelab will work with players, from beginner to pro level, to customize their instruments around their particular physical limitations. This is how Visser describes the work that Flutelab does:<\/p>\n

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Adaptive wind instruments<\/h2>\n

Instruments are mass produced. People are all different. That is why so many players turn to Flutelab to have their musical instrument adapted to their needs. Often, when musicians experience discomfort while playing hey will blame themselves or see a therapist.<\/p>\n

To Flutelab, the instrument is the interface between a human and a resonating column of air. It should function right at both sides: the acoustic side and the ergonomical side.<\/p>\n

Flutelab has worked on flute, bass flute, , saxophone, clarinet, oboe, recorder, cornet, basset horn, tin whistle, trumpet and folk instruments as the tenora (Cataluna) and Scottisch highland bagpine chanter.<\/p>\n

Source: Adaptive wind instruments page on flutelab.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this following video, Visser demonstrates how his one-handed saxophone works. It is rather different than the others we have seen.<\/p>\n