Hulusi makes strange sounds

[jalfur]

Hi!
I wanna ask you for some help in this case:

I bought my hulusi by chance last year. For some reason it started to make some extra sounds:
When i start blowing softly, a different note comes out. To get the note i want to create with my fingers, i have to blow harder untill the reed switches (thats how it feels).
And also when i stop playing, the strange sound comes again at the moment the air gets less.

The pipes reed is shiny and one half flat, one half a little out of its frame.

I'm Looking forward to some answers,
Chris

[thebamboogrove]

Mar 11, 2014 13:56:05 GMT jalfur said:

Hi!
I wanna ask you for some help in this case:

I bought my hulusi by chance last year. For some reason it started to make some extra sounds:
When i start blowing softly, a different note comes out. To get the note i want to create with my fingers, i have to blow harder untill the reed switches (thats how it feels).
And also when i stop playing, the strange sound comes again at the moment the air gets less.

The pipes reed is shiny and one half flat, one half a little out of its frame.

I'm Looking forward to some answers,
Chris

Like all hulusi and bawu, you can make, especially for the lowest note, lower pitches than pressed (minor third lower) by using reduced air flow. 

However, when you stop playing, the notes MUST stop. If its possible, please upload something online, and we can all give you better advise on this. My initial idea is that there is soime loose reed somewhere. 

[jalfur]

some pics of the Pipes Reed:

www.fotos-hochladen.net/view/foto1fusa9yni3d.jpg

www.fotos-hochladen.net/view/foto2o23eta5vc1.jpg

[edcat7]

Hi Chris and welcome,

The reeds look fine to me. What key is your hulusi in? Whilst it's true the lower notes require more breath than the higher notes it shouldn't make much difference on a D, C or Bb hulusi. In fact I would not blow too hard but blow from the stomach on a higher key hulusi in case you bend the reed. As TBG said a recording would help.

Ed