Bamboo Quena with Ebony Mouthpiece
hardwood inlay and cut at angle to allow best airflow.
Lacquered to protect instrument. Ships from Maryland.
Embocadura con la incrustación de madera dura (ébano).
Caña delgada para obtener octavas con facilidad.
This quena is handcrafted using the best bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) and Ebony. It is fine-tuned using electronic tuners to guarantee professional sound. The mouthpiece is cut at an angle to allow for the best acoustics. Instrument grade lacquer is used to protect the instrument.
This quena flute has an internal circumference of approximately 0.7 inches in order to obtain greater sonority for lower notes. Its mouthpiece is made of Ebony, a very hard wood, which allows for best airflow. Flute maker Angel Sampedro del Rio lives in Argentina and has been making bamboo instruments since 1985. Angel has been a member and secretary of the Argentine Association of Instrument Makers and has won numerous awards. Throughout his career he has participated in a number of expos and has written articles and collaborated in acoustic instrument research. Embocadura con la incrustación de madera dura (ébano). Detalles de agujeros redondeados
Generally speaking, beginners or people without experience with a certain type of quena could think the first octave is "low" in relation to the second one, or in relation to another instrument. This is because the first octave is a bit more dynamic than the second octave, due to acoustic characteristics that would take a long time to explain.
Quenas meant for professional use are tuned up at a "saturated blowing point, " that is, just before switching to the second octave. The reason is that if I tune them at a lower blowing point, a professional quena player could play it and say it’s out of tune. An out-of-tune quena can’t be fixed―or fixing it is complex―, while a quena that feels somewhat low can be corrected with practice.
Now, it’s worth noting that this isn’t a defect in the quena; the same thing happens to metal flutes, not to mention the shakuhachi. (With the flute, this is partly diminished because the tube is thin in relation to its length, but it still happens.)
The problem is that when you blow into a flute that is "low," either your teacher tells you that you are doing it wrong, or you yourself believe this, since it is an industrial instrument and you expect it to be well manufactured. With a quena, on the other hand, you blame the instrument or flute maker.
This whole issue is asked so frequently that I have an summarized response:
It’s most probable that when you start playing you get a "low" tuning, that is, a quena pitch that is a bit low. This depends on your embouchure (how you place your lips and blow the quena), and you usually solve this by opening the embouchure. You would try to move the "U" and the edge of the mouthpiece away from your lips. At that position, the instrument has the right body and volume.
It is also possible to tune it up by blowing faster. This doesn’t mean you blow out more air, but blowing at a greater speed.
Both of these things can take several days to master.
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