Hey Douglas, <<the E-flat blows a very pronounced secondary tone or overtone with its fundamental.>> Sounds like distortion coming from the splitting edge of...
where would i get Russ's book at on here or find out about the plunge router thanks lookstwice ... __________________________________________________ Do you...
Hey, Douglas. I have to disagree with Jim on the widening idea at this point, but endorse the other advice. In any case, do one thing at a time. Sounds like...
O.K. I agree with your disagree, but only since I reread my original message and realized that my point was not completely clear. Hmmm, muddiness.... I'm...
I have been giving this a lot of thought from the hand tool only point of view. Of course a router is the main tool if you are going the power route. But...
Got a little mild to day so made a new flute blank today. I decided to use a white oak ballister I bought last fall at closeout of a buck a piece at the lumber...
RA WOLF has released a CD "Native Flutes". This one liner from the cd jacket "This cd contains photos of American flutes from the Dayton Miller Collection at...
Thanx for the advise everyone. To answer your questions Don; Bore Ratio is 17.25 to 1 by my arithmetic. Bore is 1 1/8" high X 7/8" high. Everything is drilled...
OK. This kind of setup can sound very good. You can make it work for you, and you lose nothing by trying different bird configurations. Nothing wrong with the...
... Dean, like the link pictured the two tone flute, at least that flute has SYMETRY although using the exotic hardwood for the compression chamber would...
... bird. ... changes the ... remains. ... flue into ... is ... it's alive. ... into my ... Yikes!!! and you want to fix it????? Bewildered Joe The barrel...
I notice that Lew Price suggests a bore length to bore diameter ratio of 28, but other sources suggest a ratio of 18.Still other sources suggest that this...
... ratio of 28, but other sources suggest a ratio of 18.Still other sources suggest that this ratio determines the frequency range the flute will play. ... ...
Don, Tried your suggestions for fixing the overtone on the new E-flat. Sharpened up the splitting edge with a 64th inch flat. Effect? Made the flute breathier....
Sounds like you really had a great time with that flute Douglas. If your happy with it now keep it that way . But if you decide to try again remove the entire...
Joe's right, Jerry. Lew says that a range of 20 to 28 is best for achieving the best balance of characteristic sound and response range. But this number does...
Hi! group, I have'nt posted in a while been really busy working plus my wife and I are having a baby. Need I say more. was just wondering if anyone knows of...
Ok here is the low down on using two different woods on a flute. Due to some time constraints, I went looking for credible sources to get some contribution as...
Now what I saw in Dusty's post was encouragement to give it a try and see what happens... as well as emphasize that natural materials vary even within the same...
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this is interesting.... ive been playing with mixing woods on some flute but i hadnt really given any thought to an effect on the sound. so far ive only used ...
what I read basically told us that it does'nt make any differance and there is no wrime or reason for doing it other than it looks cool.And as far as what I...
Lew is the Authority! So if you want to build it right, study the equations! ThunderCloud Toksha ... From: Jerry Lobdill [mailto:lobdillj@...] Sent:...
... Dean You may want to reconsider.. Dusty never once intoned that there would be no difference in using different woods. Quite the opposite..he said even...
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