Just goes to show you that experience counts, and Greatwave really has it. Since I'm new to this sport and new to Poly-Glue I followed the directions on the ...
While working on my most recent maple E I received a lesson in bird shape and how it affects sound. I have a bird that has a 45 degree rear-sloping face with...
Right ON! I just did a short experiment with 30 and 45 degree angles with and without shoulders. Without them the sound is schlect, but, when I add the ...
Back in post 294, greatwave ask about this topic and in post 295 oasis4x4 said he had one and would try to post it later. Then the topic seems to have been...
FREQUENCY: 220 <br> Key is A <br><br>FREQUENCY: 233.081881 <br> Key is Bb <br><br>FREQUENCY: 246.941651 <br> Key is B <br><br>FREQUENCY: 261.625565 <br> Key is...
FREQUENCY: 440 <br> Key is A <br><br>FREQUENCY: 466.163761 <br> Key is Bb <br><br>FREQUENCY: 493.883301 <br> Key is B <br><br>FREQUENCY: 523.25113 <br> Key is...
A very LARGE thank you, Don, for posting those pages. They will go in my notebook. <br><br>Something has occured to me this morning that I am puzzled over (so...
I could say join the club, but that would be redundant, eh? Recorders and Irish penny whistles overblow easily to achieve more octaves/note range. So do ...
Not preachy at all, m'friend. It adds to my fluteology (flutetification, flutenitiance, etc.?). The maple E settled down and I have been final shaping the ...
Fired up this old scanner and managed to post a couple of pics of a cedar E TSH area including the bird. These are direct scans by laying flute on the scanner...
i meet another flute maker this past week he dropped by the the shop to show/sell me his flutes he said he had been making flutes for many years and that they...
Many flutemakers will defend their flutes/construction/ results and then lay it "tradition" to justify their design (or lack of it). Knowing what it takes to ...
G,Day Mates! Well I have started the ball rolling this end, I have got a list of Aussie timbers that I can obtain here in Adelaide, it is not a full listing of...
that experimentation and serindipity count for a lot in this sport...at least here in the beginning. I have two midrange flutes [E & D# (maybe)] "in the ...
Another alternative that works for removing hardened glue is a piece of copper pipe that has been sharpened on the inside. Sharpening on the inside allows the...
Stick with that bird design for now so you can evolve through the tunning process. Once you have a bird that eliminates unwanted "noise", you've solved a major...
I have just made my first flute with a flue, it is in the key E above middle C, I have made it in accordance with Lew Paxton Prices "Larger Native American ...
I do have a copy of that book, but not with me. Take this advice with a large grain of salt, and look for confirmation from others before you act, but I have a...
I'd send you an email about this, Bill, but any reiteration of advice to read previous postings to help solve your problems deserves yet one more iteration for...
Don,<br><br>Are these frequences for both a five hole and six hole flute. I am assuming that they are since they are the fundamental notes. But you know what ...
Don,<br>Those pictures of your flutes and their TSH sure were helpful. You really have some beautiful flute work there. I will have to talk to you about the ...
Have been going through the old postings looking for the answer, but there are sooo many, I'll just ask... I have a blank bored 1"diam. Would <br>like to ...
Sure. Modern tempered scale based on A=440. If you want more accuracy, I can tell you how to get successive half step notes by multiplying each succeeding ...
Thanks, but don't copy the TSH proportions too closely. I usually shoot for a somewhat shorter dimension north and south, but this one sounds good. I've used ...
Try this test: with the bird removed, blow into the blow hole and decide if you feel any resistance. Wide flues are fine but go ahead and make the exit hole as...
Thanks for the reply posts thus far in relation to my problems, the flue is the width it is because thats just what I did, I did not know that Lews ...
Here is the explanation of the creation of multiple ties on my birds. I was sick and tired of visiting shops that carried my flutes only to discover customers...
