[Rhodes22-list] Wind instrument?

[Michael McKay]

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Michael McKay
(630) 209-2054 (m)

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> On Jan 18, 2022, at 11:35 AM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
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