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Has any one used a small air compressor to provide the "poof" on a reed tuning table?

I do have one but don't have a spare set of bellows at the moment and was wondering would an air compressor do the job?

The pressure is adjustable and up to 150 psi.

When playing the instrument, is a constant pressure required to sound the reeds or must the pressure vary to enable certain reeds to sound?

Peter

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I did experiment with this in the early days, the fineness of control was an issue, and the noise frequency made it unusable. I reverted to a more controllable bellows bench

 

Dave

Hi Dave,

It was a combination of my brother assigning the project to me and your fantastic book that has got me into all this.

Now see what you've done!!!! ( Only Joking )

Yes...On reflection the air compressor will not give me the finite "expression" required and the differences of air pressure that need almost instant adjustment that one can obtain from the bellows tuning although I HAVE fitted a lever operated valve to adjust pressure as well as the main psi control knob. I will look around for some old bellows and make up a tuning table. Project ON !!!!

Many Thanks

Peter

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