[Rhodes22-list] Wind instrument?

[Tom Van Heule]

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
> >>>
> >>
>