Panflötenbau Hofmann

G major is best for the pan flute. This has to do with the way you play semitones.

With the pan flute in G major, songs in G major, C major and D major can be played well.

Musicians like to flirt with a pan flute in C major. Then you should consider taking the pan flute from C1-C4.

Regardless of the mood, the pan flute remains a C instrument.

Anyone who knows the pan flute world would primarily opt for bamboo. This plant has evenly arranged fibers due to its growth. Grown in a straight line from bottom to top, these fibers ensure optimal vibration behavior.

Bamboo grows conically. The cone is essential for a good pan flute!

If the pan flute is made by a skilled pan flute maker, the bamboo will not tear.

Bamboo canes can be refined. There are different possibilities for this:

The "flaming"

The pan flute tubes can be hardened by a heat treatment. This turns the sugar content of the bamboo canes into caramel, which means that the canes become harder and at the same time change their color to dark brown.

The coating:

The pan flute tubes can also be modified in terms of vibration behavior by a coating. With this technique, the pipes are covered with a thin layer of veneer made from precious woods. This allows targeted intervention in certain frequency ranges. At the same time, you have the advantage that the look of the panpipe can be changed into almost limitless designs.

Every connoisseur knows that finishing techniques can influence the vibration behavior of the pipes.

The vibration behavior is decisive for the sound character of the pan flute! In this way, both techniques can be combined and the vibration behavior can be optimized to a previously unknown extent.

While with the "normal" pan flute the lower notes are on the right side, it is the other way around with so-called "left-handed pan flutes". The names are very different. The correct name is "left-handed pan flute". Some also speak of "counter-clockwise pan flutes".

The majority of people are right-handed. The pan flute is mainly held and controlled by the right hand.

If the low notes were generally on the left side, the left-handers would have a clear advantage. All right-handers would have to laboriously learn to steer with their left hand. If you can control the pan flute with the hand with which it is held, it is much easier to hit the right notes.

Anyone who thinks it would be much easier if the low notes were on the left ... ... are wrong! Let's use the piano as a comparison. If you play the low notes on the piano, your hands move to the left. If the low notes are played on the pan flute, the hands also move to the left.