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The kite and his master... |
Hello dear visitor,
please let me say just a little note about the author,
the aeolian instruments and the kites ...
First I want to say thanks to my wife Beate.
Without her tolerance, all those pages
would have been impossible to realize!!
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The kite and his master... |
Uli Wahl Tel.:
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When first visiting these pages, you might feel a certain need for more
structure... but it is difficult to manage book-like, growing structures,
becoming more and more complex.
So I decided to arrange the exciting theme by describing the single aeolian
instruments and connecting them with links like a spider web
...a neuronal structure where you hopefully will meet Tarantula one fine
day... ;-)))
Being a former member of the DCD (German Kite Association, unfortunately exspired in 2005), the International Aeolists, the NCB (Nouveau Cerf-Voliste Belge) and living in the South-West of Germany in Weinheim (see local Newspaper for more info) at the western slope of our beautiful Odenwald Mountain (near Heidelberg) I'm building kites of all techniques as well as aeolian instruments since about 1975.
The bamboo kite is lifting more pleasure per pound
than any other human construction..., so the traditional asian
ways of building single-line-kites with the fantastic high(!) tech material
bamboo covered with
paper
or fabric and their hand made special sound producing instruments became
my appreciated favourites.
With these pages I want to tempt you to leave the
trampled paths of kite plans, kite building and well known musical
instruments.
The kites and the aeolian instruments pictured on these pages were mostly built by myself. In case of recordings, pictures etc. given to me by friends (thanks to them all!!) they're marked with their names, e-mail addresses/ links etc. (In case I forgot to mark something, please tell me!)
While designing the pages, my aims were:
That in contrast to the 90% of trash-"information" you might find in the
internet...
...there's
a maximum
of constantly updated/
improved
information
for YOU
(see
updates),
dear reader, but also...
...NOT to give ready solutions for the
single instruments (of course there are some more secrets
;-)) ) but giving space for your own
thoughts, to come to your desired
results!...
...giving me also the opportunity to come in
contact with YOU, to establish a productive mutual EXCHANGE FOR US
BOTH...
...to give fast loading times for all (hardware is expensive...),
...abstaining from all those nice, but time consuming, useless graphic buttons,
animated GIF's etc.; mostly separating the text from the pictures & sounds,
etc. which, however, can be seen and heard easily by clicking on the links
within the text. In the next time, the pictures will be more and more implemented
in the text for better, faster computer hardware becomes more and more
common.
The sound examples need an MP3-player, mostly being implemented in your browsers
Now have a close look to a not everyday, more musical, fascinating aspect of our play with the wind. I am trying to infect especially YOU with this rather exciting subject, playing with the wind and it's mysterious, charming sounds while catching clouds in the sky...
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...soooo exciting!! |
PS.:
In case your local kite/ artist club etc. wants a workshop
making such instruments for sound gardens etc.: Let's talk about
it!
Ohne Musik ist das Leben ein Irrtum!
Einer erdacht's,
ein and'rer macht's;
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so mancher bedacht's,
manch einer acht's;
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doch einer verlacht's !
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- Was macht's! -
So enjoy these pages and
thanks especially YOU
for mailing me your opinion
- and new ideas to experiment with :-))
If you find these pages useful,
don't hesitate to link on them... :-))
....and send
me a mail if you happen to find broken links or there are
any questions left...
Keep swinging.
Sincerely Yours
Uli Wahl
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