ick, many things can lead to this result so you have to do some experiments to figure out why. A glue seam that has a slight opening is one reason. This is ...
hat type of finish is best for the interior of a Native American Flute? I like a satiny finish for the exterior, but I was wondering if a harder finish might...
ee, I suppose that the inside needs to be as smooth as possible to produce a clean tone. The look of the finish isn't as important as the smoothness of the...
've been working on a spreadsheet to calculate hole placement based on Lew Paxton Price's formulas. Has anyone been successful using these calculations or his...
ay, How was this done in the 10,000 years prior to Lew? Lew has the mind of a genius and his calculations are correct but very difficult for me, a sub-genius,...
hanks Dusty. I suspected I would get a similar response, but I didn't expect the first one to come from you. I somehow expected your methods to be of a ...
am a beginning maker. I've made two flutes so far, one of aromatic cedar and one of red cedar. I used mineral oil on the interior, and beeswax on the outside....
his muted sound may be due to other factors. Is the flue shallow or deep? Is the flue in the bird or the flute body? Is the bird perfectly tight and flat ...
use a Korg electronic tuner set to 440 Megahertz for the note A. The weather will change a tone or sharpen or flaten a tone. It took me a long time to realize...
ay,<br>I tried for the longest time to develop an excel spreadsheet to do this. But then I realized that excel is incapable without some complicated macros....
he high speed of the Dremel tool with a sharp narrow stone bit is the only good solution for me. This tapered stone bit will make a hole at any size and not at...
itz,<br><br>Actually the second order equation has been solved by Lew in his second book "More Secrets of the Flute". That's what I used in my spreadsheet and...
usty,<br><br>I agree 100%. The dremmel is definitely a choice tool to have around. You go through one a year? I use mine all the time and haven't gone through...
've got "secrets of the flute" and several others, but not "More secrets...". What other secrets are revealed? ;)<br>It it worth the investment? There is great...
ust got More Secrets, and for one thing, it says that lengths should be quite a bit longer than those stated in earlier calculations. Haven't really studied ...
used a quarter inch shank for 1" half round. My router takes both. I wouldn't recommend doing any really tough wood with any 1/4 inch shank. Even the little ...
made another flute out of teak recently and I must say that it produces a superior tone. I'm not sure why, yet. It may be inherent in the wood grain. It sands...
i Oitz, More Secrets of the Flute talks more about the first book and goes into more detail about several other details (direction holes, minimum hole sizes,...
usty, I'm glad to hear that Teak has worked well for you. I've had my eye on a nice piece of Teak for a while now but haven't bought it because I have some...
bought the entire set of Lew's books. If I recall most of the other books that talk about specific sizes of flutes are mainly made up of hole placement tables....
hanks, Dusty, for the reassurance and the specifics -- well worth printing out and keeping. <br><br>I know from experience that allowing the brain to "defrag...
am currently making a 6 hole flute. I was wondering if anyone can tell me exactly what note each hole should be playing? The lenght of the large air chamber is...
am currently making a 6 hole flute. I was wondering if anyone can tell me exactly what note each hole should be playing? The lenght of the large air chamber is...
ome of the Freud bits (usually painted red) are known in the pro wood working shops as "fraud bits" because they dull quickly. Generally the deal is that the ...
ow wide is the bore? 3/4"? and what note is it playing now? A local guitar or music shop may have a "quick tune" digital tuner for under $15 dollars. Just play...
ow wide is the bore? 3/4"? and what note is it playing now? A local guitar or music shop may have a "quick tune" digital tuner for under $15 dollars. Just play...
usty,<br><br>I bought a tuner from a local music store. My question is what note do I tune each hole to. My large air chamaber is 13 1/2" (I guess the ...
lay the flute into the tuner and tell me what note the tuner reports. It may be A or A# or inbetween, or G# (Ab). Length means nothing since other variables...
undimental of the flute is G. Starting with the hole closest to the foot their notes (as they read from my tuner are): G#, A#, B, C#, D# and F. The size of...
