@mal3aby There are things I really miss about brass banding. My cornet is a round-stamp Sovereign, from the serial number, made in 1976. A design never improved upon! It's shiny only after being polished. That's the trouble with silver plate.
The 3-valve fingering system is the one I'm most familiar with and I've seriously thought about implementing in the haxophone, but it would rely on either breath pressure or maybe a bite sensor to select register (C to G to C to E to G etc) but I think that's going to end up being quite sketchy in the upper registers and difficult to play.

@mal3aby Yes, there's a flugel and a cornet there. I'm a brass player first, but I had an accident involving my top lip and front teeth and don't have the range and stamina any more. I took up recorder at that point.

@mal3aby Controlling a glock with a wind instrument is a funny idea. It does feel very odd to use this with inappropriate patches like piano or whatever.

@mal3aby I would love to make a glockenspiel robot. I think space is the issue with that one for me. Did you blog about it?

@gbrnt Thanks for the link to your project - really interesting!
I have wondered about microswitches and your findings are interesting. I know the noise would bother me too. Retro gamers love microswitched joysticks but I hate hearing what sounds like they're shaking a box of tic-tacs!

@gbrnt It's an interesting question. I've loved the feel of them right from the start. They're even further away from recorder holes, but I haven't had a problem at all. Maybe it's because I'm a brass player first, and those valves have a long travel, IDK. These switches are certainly a lot better than the capacitive touch ones on my re.corder - those things get wet in use and stop working. I really wanted a really positive action and this has it.
Cleaning the pressure sensor (possibly more importantly the printed mouthpiece and tubes) is a very good question. Javier, the creator of the Haxophone, does warn about acrid smells and the mould he's talking about is a problem I've had with a camelbak hydration system. I'm concerned about it here. So far I've been running some alcohol through the tubes occasionally, I don't know whether that helps. Only time will tell on that one.

@diyelectromusic I hope you'll blog about this. I went a couple of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.

@robertprice It's truly beautiful!

@RobeeShepherd thanks robee x