Membrane Reeds

Membrane reeds are wind instruments, functioning in a manner analogous to the way other reed instruments work, but with a small membrane serving the air-gating function normally served by a cane reed. They work great, and they’re wonderfully simple to make. In this video Bart Hopkin explores several variations on the idea. This video doesn’t go into much depth on the acoustics and the how-to-build; you can find more of that in the accompanying article posted here: Added note from Bart: After uploading this video, I learned that Nicolas Bras had already done a video on the same topic, which you can see here: Like all his work, it’s very well done; highly recommended! Meanwhile, to see many more of my own instruments, visit the instrumentarium at , or look for other videos in this YouTube channel.