... Burt, What I have found as a really good and really cheap source for western Red cedar is a fencing supply business. I pick up a couple of 2X4X8's for less...
Acetone works best for me. I use rubber gloves and paper towels. If you're going to paint pvc sand it lightly with wet 400 grit wet or dry paper. It makes...
Burt, Go to Home Depot or Lowes and get cheap piece of 2x2's or 4x4x8's and cut them up. Don't spent so much money on small squares from speciality stores...
... Has anyone tried staining or dying the PVC? Just curious because I made a flute case out of PVC and the paint chipped off fairly quickly even tho I sanded...
Hello, Everyone; I'd appreciate any advice you could offer in having students (high school freshmen - 15 yr olds...) build flutes as part of a science course...
Hi Group, Here's a little about me. I'm new to the group, I have no experience in making flutes but I'm eager to learn. I've been playing the flute for a...
welcome Jonny, I am glad to hear of your interest in this instrument! Joyce ... Hi Group, Here's a little about me. I'm new to the group, I have no experience...
Hi Gary, My son (10th grade) just did a science fair project on frequencies versus tube length using PVC pipe. He basically made a PVC flute with a coupler...
Hi, I love the strait forward information that "desredory" posted in the files section about the five / six hole flutes. The only part that is not clear is the...
Hi Jonny im bobbi nice too meet ya welcome, if i can help in anyway please ask thess guys are the best they help me so much, and still are helping me. your ...
Hi to All, I was thinking about using my woodburner to burn, some images into the pvc pipe. i'am thinking with this though, if it were to be burned on plastic...
Sounds like you might have to go with kits. Prefab just glue and sand. Or PVC would be about three hours worth of construction. c172man <ab7rk@...> wrote: ...
hi, a naf in the classroom would be a wonderful idea, but coming from the son of a 36 yr industrial arts instructer, it would be a hard thing to accomplish in...
You might want to try a quena (South Hemisphere NAF). Open ended easy to file a notch in to produce the sound. Use the same measurements as a NAF from the...
They do sell a type of paint that is designed for painting RC car bodies that are made from Lexan that I think would probably hold up alot better on PVC than...
... images into the pvc pipe. i'am thinking with this though, if it were to be burned on plastic it, would bubble, but i'am certanly gonna try on a scrap piece...
Just a quick post to say hi to everyone on the board. I'm a very new member to this wonderful group. I've been playing for a year or so and I'm just about to...
... If ... or ... quickly ... in the TWO FEATHERS photo album. This flute was sanded with 60 grit paper to produce deep grooves,then sanded with 150 grit. I...
Hi, I was curious what the current train of though is on directional sound holes. You know, the four holes on many flutes just above the foot. Currently I do...
Hi, To Bobbi and all. I appreciate the welcoming, I'm looking for some "tutoring" in flute making. I don't really have the tools for flutemaking. I guess I...
I just recently finiched a walnut F# flute with four tuning holes. The flute plays a solid, clear fundamental note. I tuned all six holes.......bbbbut on the...
Hi Jonny welcome to the group! I would say that as long as you are skilled to use a tool like a router or have a grown up that would be able to help you learn...
In a message dated 2/3/04 7:49:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Hi Paul, The problem could be one or more of many things. In my experiences with using tuning...
6th hole being the top hole? This depends on the size of the tuning holes, or "4 directions" holes. If these holes are small and the flute extends beyond them...
... the ... if ... tunig holes serve no real physical function in the way finger holes do. if not just for decoration, tuning holes shorten the theoretical ...
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