[Rhodes22-list] Wind instrument?

[Chris Geankoplis]

Obviously Tom, an Alto clarinet.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:14 AM Tom Van Heule <
tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:

> I thought this thread was about a musical instrument upon starting to
> read.  A nice clarinet up top?
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 7:17 AM Ric Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com> wrote:
>
> > Leave the Windex where it is.
> > Add a SS or aluminum tang that protrudes forward about a foot. Mount the
> > wind instrument to the forward part of the tang.
> > Ric
> > Dadventure.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jan 18, 2022, at 12:37 AM, Michael McKay <mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Peter, masthead fly=windex, mine is from Davis also.
> > >
> > > A masthead fly, with a wind arrow, goes at the top of the mast and
> > points into the wind.
> > >
> > > I realize that a wind instrument for a Rhodes is not really needed, but
> > I’m pretending she’s a 35 footer on the Atlantic instead of my small
> inland
> > lake in Georgia. That’s why I’m also installing a chart plotter!
> > >
> > > Michael McKay
> > > (630) 209-2054 (m)
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > >> On Jan 17, 2022, at 9:03 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I tried out a SailTimer instrument a few years ago, but never managed
> > to get it working well enough to be useful.  What I have now is I think a
> > Davis WindTrack.  it is sometimes literally a pain in the neck to look at
> > up there at the top of the mast, but it works reliably.
> > >>
> > >> What's a masthead fly?
> > >>
> > >> --Peter
> > >>
> > >>>> On 2022-01-17, at 20:09:45 EST, Michael McKay wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>>
> > >>> I am hoping to add an electronic wind instrument to my masthead, but
> > it’s a bit
> > >>> crowded up there.  Have you done that?  I’d prefer not to remove the
> > masthead
> > >>> fly but I guess that would be an option.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for your insights,
> > >>>
> > >>> Michael McKay
> > >>> s/v Liber 2006/2018
> > >>>
> > >>> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
>