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IS THE DIFFERENCE WITH OUR QUENAS? |
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High
quality quenas |
They
are a lot of different ideas about what a quena is suppossed
to be. They are instruments with a great personality. Most of
the quena makers consider their own quenas as the best -and
even the only ones availables to play music!
Of course, not all of them are correct. So we searched the
acoustical aspects which affect the sound.
Almost nothing is written about the quena, but quenas have physical
principles common to all the woodwinds.
We can see now that much saying about the quena doesn't really
affect the sound, and also other elements aren't taken into
account.
The
most conventional quena key is G4, that means, play G4 when
all toneholes are closes. The lenght is about 40 cm, slightly
varying in each individual instrument. This quena is also called
"en La" or "in A" or "in minor A",
because is the best to play folk Andean tunes.
We
also make quenas in other pitches, being the most common C5,
F4 and quenachos in D and C4.
We
introduced an innovation that is the tunable quenas. They are
demountable, with an acid engarved brass barrel that allow to
adjust the fine tuning of the instruments. They are usually
made under request, but we are having some available models.
They
are a large variety of quenas, from student, professional and
high quality grade. Doesn't mean that the student models
are easier to play, or the pro more difficult. Is that due to
finishing and acoustical cares, a novice player won't notice any
difference at all among the models, but will do as advance with
the instrument...
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details of our best quenas
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Tunable
quenas |
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are made with well seasoned, stored bamboo, treated
with sealant and laquer, electronically tested. Good
finishing, minimum warranted register of two octaves. |
Quenas
selected during the construction proccess, due their inherent
characteristics -loudness, dynamic range (play soft-loud
with easiness) or made in special bamboo like black bamboo,
or Phyllostachys (with nodes). Optionally laquered in
black. These
quenas fill all the requests to play proffesionally
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The
specially selected quenas are reformed on the embouchure
with a hard wood inlay. This make the sound more soft
and maleable, and also make more precise tuning in high
registers. The quena really sounds different before and
after the inlay! |
The
more selected bamboo quenas are worked with a woods combination
that give a unique aesthetic and acoustic result. Very
limited editions, no doubts, the best quenas we can make. |
Available
in professional, High Quality and Best quena models The
pitch adjustment mechanism could be done on available
quenas or make under request. The bronze or copper
sleeve may be made plane or with acid engarved work (ask
us for available models, or see our
special quenas page)
See
video tunable quena in G and in F
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Student
model quena notch.
We
use a U shape embouchure, considering that as the
best for volume and timbre variations.
Other notches are made under request.
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In
this image,you can notice the rounded finishing of
the toneholes.
They
are no just much more comfortable to play, but also
make the sound response faster. The slight funnel-shape
of each hole avoid s-sounds by reducing the air friction.
Also, each hole is sealed and individually lacquered
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Image
of a hard wood embouchure.
The best quenas are carefully
selected to inlay a new mouthpiece made in ebanon,
guayacán, itín or red quebracho (hard
woods from Argentina).
Studying carefully each case, the geometry of this
new embouchure optimize the characteristic sound of
each bamboo, being warranted along the time.
We also make very special quenas, with several woods
inlayed, click here
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quality quenas
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Our series of high quality quenas.
The special quena is first made in the same way as a standard
quena. Then it is individually analyzed , we extract its bamboo
embochure and then we insert a hard wooden piece. This new embochure
is redrawn according to general acoustic tendencies of the tube
and holes, achieving the maximum balance.
The new tube is sealed by immersion, lacquered and polished.
Highly guaranteed. |
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