rilling the compression chamber outlet hole variously toward the mouth to affect the length of the flue and, perhaps, turbulence that must exist when air exits...
hat compression chamber hole should be as round as the flue is wide. The top of the hole should also be rounded off to allow air to 'flow' over the edge and on...
uestion as to why my flutes are overblowing. The sound I am getting is a deep note (the desired fundamental)and with a very very little more pressure (trying...
here is another factor that you haven't mentioned and that is the length to width ratio of the bore. Lew Price formulates that this can be anywhere from 13 to...
hat causes a flute to buzz? I'm a novice at construction but even inspecting my purchased flutes, I can't identify why some buzz more than others. I'd prefer...
ay, I believe that it all happens at the cutting edge. All of the sound comes from what happens there so check out the edge first. If it is very sharp, it can ...
was thinking about creating a "dipping" chamber by using a PVC pipe cut slightly longer than the flute with a cap at one end and a slightly larger diameter...
usty,<br>How important is routing out the compression chamber?<br>I haven't made a flute yet using this method. I've only drilled out the "compression chamber"...
ed smith does this with his flutes using lacqure (misspelled of course). The only problem is that the compression chamber of cedar is now non-absorbant and ...
here is a BIG difference in the way a flute behaves with and without a compression chamber. Making flutes out of bamboo taught me this since the bamboo is ...
o Dusty, are you saying that you like the sound of hard woods more than soft woods? Can you describe the sound difference between them? I thought a soft wood...
'm not sure I have enough experience to comment on the quality of tone since I haven't seen that many flutes constructed without the compression chamber....
an you describe what your cutting edge looks like when it is finished? Mine looks like a 30 deree angle with the point cut off. I haven't actually messured the...
new secret every day keeps the boring details away. This is no joke. I make two or three flutes a day, sometimes more, and I learn something different on every...
ne of the styles of playing is to learn how to effectively 'cover' mistakes in a way that sounds like the player meant that to happen. Compression chamber...
hat flat edge is teeny tiny. I use a fine diamond dust file and make it about half again the depth (or shallowness) of the flue. I don't round it off. That...
usty, if you haven't read it yet, you might find Lew Paxton Price's "Concert Flute" book interesting. He mentions many things that could be done with flute...
y latest piece of fancy firewood was caused by not being able to play the top hole on the flute. It overblows. I thought that I read in Lew's books somewhere ...
et away from the obession to measure this stuff. The top hole on a G flute is almost exactly my hand width (just grabing the flute) away from the cutting hole,...
usty,<br>I am working on three flutes right now, but all the sudden the weather turns cold (that's right, you guys are running around in shorts on the east ...
old air will lower the pitch about a half step. I work outside and have only a few hours of tuning time during the noon hours. If the wood is cold, that, too,...
he tuning paradox goes like this. I've made a flute and the fundemental note is right on and now it is time to put in finger holes. After drilling the ...
ou can also find the note you want by inserting a piece of dowel just slightly smaller than the bore into the bore and sliding it back slowly. This does sound...
would like to pose a question to the group. I am in the process of making a flute. After I glued the pieces together and shaped it I noticed that the ...
'm guessing that your length to width ratio is large. So.....what is it? What is the diameter of the bore and what is the length of the bore. (not the entire...
here aren't any mistakes, just learning experiences. The first finger hole drilled into a flute should be the bottom hole. A small hole will squelch but not to...
The other day I accidentally routed off the nest...."<br><br>Thanks, again, for the encouragement. But I carried your admonition against too much attention to...
his is where a lesson from Lew Price's book Creating and using Smaller Native American Flutes, would be of great value to you. Chapter 5 is about eliminating...
