Calculations for Making Drum Frames

feeds@yuku.com (PaleoAleo) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:53:47 GMT

This was originally posted by Legba on the main forum. I found it very useful in making my very first drum frame using a number of staves of wood, beveled at both ends so that when glued together they form a circle. In the interest of keeping this fine information in a safe place, I thought to cut and paste Legba's words here for future use. I'm inserting pictures of the frame I made using Legba's calculations so that folks can see what is being described:

Cedar didgeridoo "buildalong"...

feeds@yuku.com (The Burnt Hill Archer) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:13:24 GMT

Actually more like a follow allong, cause im still not 100% sure what im doing with these. Well my first didge didnt turn out to bad, so i decided to try another. and i figured while im at it, ill take pictures along the way. its only my 2nd didge, and my first "buildalong" so bear with me. and ill deffinately take tips and pointers along the way, so please help me throught this... i can tell this is going to take a while too, so check back everyonce and a while if you like......

Turkey Wing Bone Call Build-a-long

feeds@yuku.com (ber643) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:39:47 GMT

I have been asked/invited to do this build-a-long here, which, after we get done with it, will then be transfered to the appropriate reference section. I had done one about a year ago on another forum and I want to see if it will transfer well. So I am going to start this one off with the same preliminary info I preceeded that one with. I will try to catch any corrections (between the two sites) that are needed as they come up but, if I miss some, please bear with me. This transfer process...

Fundamental note tuning! Help!!

feeds@yuku.com (Curt42) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:39:13 GMT

Ok, I have managed to construct two NAF style flutes and am ready to attempt the confusing (for me, anyway) process of tuning. I have the Korg 30 electronic tuner which I think I undestand. BTW, it is probably apparent that I am new to this! Now, to get to my point,
I have a somewhat flat note of F with the bore near the 18 to 1 ratio for a 3/4" bore. According to what I have been told, I should have either a G, G# or A. My question is this...how do I approach this? If I have...

Cheesebox 2-sided drum (lots of pics)

feeds@yuku.com (coogs) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:26:11 GMT

Yesterday my husband and I made a 2-sided drum out of an old cheesebox I found at an antique store the day before. I'd heard that these old cheeseboxes were sometimes used 'back in the day' for drum hoops and wanted to try it out. I took out 2 deerhides from the freezer which I'd previously scraped, and thawed them out overnight.

Making a Transverse Bamboo Flute - Photo Essay with Video

feeds@yuku.com (PaleoAleo) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:05:44 GMT

Hey folks. I just uploaded this to my photo site today. I thought to import it here to the Planet in order to keep things more lively (although a link would save me tons of effort!). I'm just cutting and pasting this from my photo site, so if it seems a little impersonal, that's why:

At Ken's suggestion (way at the bottom of this thread), I'm posting Youtube Video here of the flute being played so you can hear it as you look through.� Why didn't I think of...

Flute Shop TSH construction technique/tutorial( lots of pics

feeds@yuku.com (okcman) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:21:32 GMT

Here is my tutorial for my method of TSH construction and the flue......from the SAC - I will edit it after the post the pictures....

Here are my tools of choice a pair of calipers, a dremel tool with a small straight bit, a conical stone cone bit, a sharpened pencil, several needle files, and a precious moment bookmark......(before you say anthing I...

6 hole tuning revisited. :-)

feeds@yuku.com (Flyfsh) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:13:51 GMT

Since I have been making flutes all of them to this point have been 5 hole flutes with grandfather tuning. One of my mentors, John Suttles from Fallen Branch Flutes posted these instructions on another site. This weekend I tuned 2 flutes 1 cane and 1 branch flute using this method. Up to this point the instructions I found and calculators for 6 hole concert tuning just scrambeled my hillbilly brain. Hope this helps you guys too. This is copied word for word as it is written.

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penny whistle/tin whistle/Irish whistle

feeds@yuku.com (fiddler49) — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:31:35 GMT

Strider
A key of D penny whistle can play in four keys/ D, E min., G, A
A key of C whistle is /C, D min., F, G
All 6 hole whistles tuned in a diatonic scale/ doe,ray,me,so...excetra
can play four keys with out too much trouble.
You can,in a pinch,play those in between notes by half holeing,rolling
a finger over a hole.
Whistles are able to play up to two and a half octaves.That third
octave uses a different fingering,like what military fifes use.
The Clarke,...

fiddler's bodhran and tippers

feeds@yuku.com (fiddler49) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:22:53 GMT

Notice, forearm is almost parallel to drum head,wrist is bent and
stays bent during the up an down motion.Hold tipper lightly,and
do'nt even think about the top yet.
This tipper is maybe a little long.I just found this leg bone the other
day,works great as a tipper.I use the big end up.
This the first drum I made back in 82.I've made about 8 or so since. 36 blocks alternating oak and
walnut with raw hide lacing inside,18 inches across.
Medium weight cow skin head.The...

ABC format/This is a great way to learn and share tunes

feeds@yuku.com (fiddler49) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:50:08 GMT

This is the ABC home page www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/
There are tens of thousands tunes/melodies in this format.
ABC is a music notation using key board.There is free software and
shareware that can read ABC and play it at any speed.Being a text
file it does'nt take up much space and sent via E-mail easily.
This is another tool I wish I had when I started playing...

Branch flute build along. Part 4 of 4

feeds@yuku.com (Flyfsh) — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:10:56 GMT

Carve the chanel with same angle to about 3/4 the length.

This next step is IMPORTANT, if you cut too much you cannot put it back. Cut the remaining chanel as flat as possible. It should be no deeper than about twice the thickness of the exacto knife.

Branch flute build along. Part 3 of 4.

feeds@yuku.com (Flyfsh) — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:04:30 GMT

I use a small diamond rat tail file to clean the holes with out widening them.

Where the bird fits needs to be as smooth as possible so you don't lose any air under the bird. Sand or file it. I do mine on the natural shape as much as possible. This paticular piece was very smoth and I didn't have to touch it. It is the first one I didn't have to mess with....

Branch Flute Build Along. Part 2 of 4

feeds@yuku.com (Flyfsh) — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:31:57 GMT

1st half look, the carving out. Keep fingers out of the way!

Both sides carved and checking fit.

Carving a stop for where the sound chamber stops.

Branch flute build along. Part1. Lots of pics dialup beware

feeds@yuku.com (Flyfsh) — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:44:13 GMT

I am going to do this in 4 parts to help the dialup members.
First thank you for the kind comments.
I was interested the first time I saw a branch flute for sale on ebay. I started making them then was lucky enough to meet John and Amos of Fallen Branch Flutes at the Talequah OK Flute Circle. These 2 men make some amazing flutes and are very nice people to boot.

I have no power tools. This is my flute making kit.

willow whisltle build along

feeds@yuku.com (Mahto Sapa Numpa) — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:43:22 GMT

Ok Here is how my dad taught me to make a willow whistle. It needs to be done in the spring when the sap is running so that the bark can slip.

cut some willow shoots or branches as free from blemishes as you can find. approximately 8" to 10" long.

flute tuning made easy

feeds@yuku.com (dliwehtfollac) — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:08:48 GMT

ive been searching the web and trying to figure out how to tune a flute properly for a lot of months now and i finally figured it all out(w/Lennys help) then i went through all the trouble of doing the Math and writing up every note for every scale for all of you so you wouldnt have it as hard as I did, However yesterday i found this link where what i had worked so...

Making a N. American Style Flute from Rivercane

feeds@yuku.com (PaleoAleo) — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:41:48 GMT

A while back, I posted some photos of some flutes I made. Some of you guys/gals were interested to learn how to make them. I got tired of working with metal yesterday, and shifted from making woodworking tools to using them to make a cane flute. I took some photos to show the process I employ in making these flutes and thought I'd post them here for you folks. I see that I will need to add a few more photos, as there are some things that I didn't capture with the camera.

This first...

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