I've found 6' sections of Chinese bamboo at several garden centers of home depot type stores. At $1.79 each, these may be a cheap way to experiment. Check the...
Hardware/Garden store bamboo - Short answer - YEP fire that stuff up, it will finish just fine. If you've any question at all about a particular stick you can...
I am having a hard time locating stock to make flutes out of in my area[Erie,Pa.] only can get 3/4" stock and it is full of knots.I want to get some aromatc...
There will be wood professionals (such as blai@...) who have more sophisticated answers, but here's my $.02--<br><br>Aromatic red cedar--seems to be ...
I am very new to flutemaking and have ordered books downloaded articles from the net and still I need more information. Anyone here in Nor Cal willing to ...
Hello all. <br><br>I'd like to clarify what might have caused problems for some of you visiting my web site on Tuesday evening. The site was scheduled for ...
Welcome. There is a wealth of information in previous posts to this club page (nearly 750 items as of now). You could get a jump on things by starting with the...
Appologies accepted Terry, but I found the info I got from the photos far outweighed the frustration. They were very helpfull to me and answered a lot of ...
You are lucky!<br>There's a very active flute circle in N. California, and they are either having very soon (or just had) a workshop on flute-making. I filed ...
Hey, if anyone hears of any flute circles or workshops in the Rochester NY (or *possibly* Erie PA) area, would you please let me know? I haven't been able to ...
Jack, you can ge 2"x2"x4' (6' or 8') western red cedar from any local deck supply store. This is the stuff of choice when other wood can't be found. Deck ...
check out <a href=http://www.tyler.net/wtosh/bt.htm target=new>http://www.tyler.net/wtosh/bt.htm</a> and click on Wood .......LOTS and LOTS of Eastern Red...
So THAT"S where all of the worlds clear eastern aromatic cedar has gone. You will be hearing from me, for one. Thanks for that info. Living here in the east, ...
Going through those images of the class--GREAT, thanks.<br><br>It hasn't been that long for me since starting first flute, and it really brings back memories,...
Correct me if I'm wrong--<br>thought that both eastern and western red cedars were formally cedars, and that "aromatic cedar" was a different wood, of the ...
If the red cedar you are refering to in this message that came from "Tyler, TX" is the wood you bought from me (B & L Assoc - Bill Tosh),,,,it came from Rusk,...
I sit corrected. It is straight, clear, beautiful wood that is waiting on me. (I am sure it will sound nicely, too.) Is it truly cedar, or "aromatic cedar" ...
I am tuning a G flute, which has a beautiful <br>bottom note, but the next two up sound fuzzy. The top notes sound good. This is a hand-carved Clear Heart...
I don't really know or have an answer about the juniper question, Bob. I am not that well versed on species names etc....I think it is a juniper, but I don't ...
I have seen a lot of references to Lew Price's software but I have never found out where it can be obtained from and the price. If any one can help thanks in...
F# dimensions are : All measurments from foot of barrel First hole...4 and 11/32" Second 5 and 25/32", Third 7 and 1/8", Fourth 8 and 3/8", Fifth 9 and 5/8", ...
I hope I can shed some light on what is cedar. This is from a book called "Trees of North America". Cedar is the common name given to trees of various genera...
DustRunner, Fuzzy notes can be a number of problems from hole placement to length/width ratios of the bore. If the length (of the bore only)is greater than 18...
Dave, you might also go to <<a href=http://www.shakuhachi.com/> target=new>http://www.shakuhachi.com/></a> <br><br>This is Monty Levenson's very...
That strong fundamental in long flutes faked me out for a long time until Dusty set me straight. <br><br>But I guess this is as good a time as any to broach ...
I've enrolled in a Basic Woodworking class and just got the course outline today. Would anyone care to recommend brands or models for the following ...
Curly maple makes for a very nice looking flute but it can be difficult to work if tools are a little dull. The BIG flute in the picture of fanned out flutes ...
