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Introducing the Cylisax

by Linsey Pollak

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This is a solo album featuring the Cylisax which is a single reed woodwind instrument designed and made by Linsey Pollak. It has a cylindrical bore and a branch tube just below the mouthpiece making the bore open at both ends. Because of this branch tube, it overblows the octave like a saxophone, rather than an octave and a fifth like the clarinet. It behaves like a conical bore single reed instrument and sounds like a mellow soprano sax rather than a clarinet. It has the range of 2 octaves from middle C to d' and is fully chromatic using cross fingering (similar to recorder fingering). It uses a soprano saxophone mouthpiece. It was initially inspired by the development of Yamaha's branch tube wind instrument, the Venova.

With a majority of the sound coming from the small branch tube I have created a bell at the end of this small tube as it makes a big difference to the volume and quality of the sound. Because it has a cylindrical bore I have called it 'Cylisax.

I first experimented with making some Cylisaxes using irrigation polypipe in July 2017: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Ka4M_CvVY
Then in August 2017 I made the first Mk1 version of the wooden Cylisax developing the design over the next 18 months to build the first Mk9 Cylisax in February 2019. I am playing a Mk9 Cylisax on this album (made from the Australian timber Budgeroo (Lysicarpus angustifolius): www.youtube.com/watch?v=srcp7JK5zJU

Cylisaxes are available on order. Contact Linsey Pollak linsey@spiderweb.com.au

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released May 12, 2020

photo - a Mk9 Cylisax made from the Australian timber Budgeroo.

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Linsey Pollak Sunshine Coast, Australia

Linsey Pollak is well known all around Australia as a musician, instrument maker, composer, musical director and community music facilitator. He has toured his solo shows extensively in Europe, Nth America and Asia since 1996.

He established The Multicultural Arts Centre of WA and has performed at most major Festivals around Australia and recorded 35 albums (solo & with various groups).
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