I'm just getting started building flutes, but I suspect I'm consistently doing something wrong. I've made two flutes with a 3/4" bore and 5/8" backspace. The...
Hello, What is the length of the sound chamber for the flutes. I too have had issues with overblow on the highest note or hole 1 from the tsh. The only way I...
Christin, Very nice looking flute. Good work. Bryan ... From: Christin Dennis To: nativeflutewoodworking@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:23 AM ...
The flutes are about 1:18 or 1:17 ratio of bore to length. Each one is a hair short for its key, so that's why the ears were needed. I suspect that I'm getting...
... one ... attempts ... else ... Hau Bob Nice echo, should a brought my flute Cl;-{P} flue floor should be flat and level and approx 100th of a inch lower...
... That will work, Bob, but there are many others that also will. They just aren't as easy to quantify. I'm impressed with your analytical approach to the...
... Don't know how my reply got tripled, but I deleted the spare copies. I'm not sure I can eyeball a 100th of an inch but I'll try harder. I've got four more...
... Don't know how my reply got tripled, but I deleted the spare copies. I'm not sure I can eyeball a 100th of an inch but I'll try harder. I've got four more...
... Hi - you don't have to eyeball it. I bought a pair of digital calipers from Harbor Freight for less than $20.00. I open the calipers to my desired depth,...
Hello My Name is Oliver from Germany I have bought a western red cedar flute blank and a book from R.A. Wolf. Now in the Instruction for creating a five hole...
Oliver - Your English is excellent! I am not an active flute maker, but I believe that all is OK. Flutes are tuned progressively from flat to "in-tune" by...
Hi Bob, If all your notes play fine except the fundamental, which overblows, your bore diameter may be too small, as noted by others. However, I make flutes...
Ed, What if it is the first hole from tsh that overblows? Is this the bore to len ratio causing the problem? I am curious to know. I've recently had alot of...
... Oliver, I think the 15 1/8" dimension is probably the length of the bore and not the total length of the flute. You experts please correct me if I'm wrong....
... Thanks for all of the suggestions. I'll try increasing the lower chamfer, and reworking the flue geometry tonight. If different builders can get it to...
Hi Christin; Just took a look at your new flute. WOW! You do great work. I just finished my fourth flute and compared to yours I got a long way to go. A very...
... Oliver- Welcome- and it is good that you have found this group to answer your questions and help you! Please, please... do not apologize for your ...
I've never had overblow problems with the top hole. But I want to interject a note of caution in ascribing all such problems, as Don points out, to aspect...
Ed, Thanks for your response and insight. I have found that my flutes made with 3/4" bore, 9/32 by 5/16 tsh, and 15" sound chamber gives me a G for the...
<<<More overhang or chimney effect in a bird will cause the pitch to decrease.>>> Hmmm, That's interesting as I've found it to be just the opposite. I'm going ...
Hey, Jim, Try this: play a note and shade the TSH with your hand. Pitch should be heard to decrease as you get closer, up the point that you kill the sound....
I have a slight problem with a couple bamboo flutes that want to over blow the fundimental. So when I made 2 more today I tried Ed's solution of beveling the...
Hi all, We seem to be using a lot of words to identify playing holes: "first hole nearest the foot", "hole below the TSH". And then there's the confusion of...
Hi, ... Those numbers check out. By either of the aspect ratios I discussed in the previous message, a G is a bit long but will probably work OK. I make A...
I implemented Ed Kort's suggestion because it was the easiest to do without inlaying a piece of wood and recutting the flue. As I expanded the chamfer on the...
Ed, this might work for the flutes that play those notes "A thru F" but what happens when you play a different flute? Not everyone subscribes to Nakai TAB so...
The beveled flue on my bamboo flutes did help the tendency to overblow the fundimental if blown hard. But I suspect it may have also contributed to the buzz of...
I'm with Dusty on this one, Edward. After reading your post I picked up one of Lew's recipe books and recalled that I always had to stop and translate his 'a...
Bob, Do you subscribe to a flat nest or a rounded nest? I have switched to a flat nest and have been using my Dremel tool in a routertable setup. It allows a...
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