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			<title><![CDATA[ On a NA flute, tuning an octive jump? ]]></title>
			<link>http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/30918/t/On-a-NA-flute-tuning-an-octive-jump-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ On the 6 hole NA flutes I have chosen to buy and use, I am able to force an octave jump by covering the hole closest to the foot and blowing harder. It is one
of the tests I use before buying another flute. I use this jump in several songs. My question is, can a flute be tuned to sharpen this note a bit and if so,
which hole should be tuned or would it be the length of the flute?  I have one flute that is perfectly tuned another that is slightly flat, I would like to get
that second flute to... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Making Drum Today ...... all suggestions welcome ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I just got my 20 inch x 3 inch hoop in the mail.  I got this nice 8.5 square foot deer rawhide just waiting to become a drum.  I got a 14 foot long 1/4 rawhide
lace.  I have a few questions before I do this thing.
<br>
<br>
How much will the hide shrink?
<br>
<br>
How long does it need to soak before it&#39;s ready to work with?
<br>
<br>
Any other hints or suggestions would be appreciated.
<br>
<br>
I am planning on making a simple Native American Shaman type hand held drum.  There are... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Making Drum Today ...... all suggestions welcome ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I just recieved my 20 inch by 3 inch hoop in the mail.  I have a nice 8 1/2 square foot deer rawhide just waiting to become a drum.  I have a 14 foot piece of
1/4 rawhide lace.  I&#39;ve got a leather punch for making small holes for lacing.  But ..... I have a couple questions.
<br>
<br>
How long do I need to soak the rawhide (deer) to make it workable?
<br>
<br>
How much will the hide shrink after it dries?
<br>
<br>
Any hints are welcome at this point, this is my first one and I don&#39;t... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:11:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Flute for mom & Dad ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I am just figuring this flute thing out. here is one I got to work.  It has several tuning holes in the back and I had to patch the top two holes in order to
re-drill them to make it in tune.
<br>
<img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/mahtosapa/carving/PWF06.jpg" alt="image">
<br>
Elderberry with a Black walnut Mouth piece and Bird.
<br>
<img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/mahtosapa/carving/PWF05.jpg" alt="image">
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The foot has branches that allow it to stand up on... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ panbreaux-my eagle bone... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <br>
     i finally finished them!-i have a few turkey bone,and raccoon bone--flute/whistles..
<br>
i saved the drum sticks from our THANKSGIVING turkey.--and after close analysis of the eagle bone replica by &quot;songbird ocarina guy..,who has a video on
youtube,,i paused the video,and examined each nuance of how he made the 3 holed eagle bone flute replica,,--man for 3 holes it plays nice!-
<br>
<br>
he got the hole pattern to where you cant play 1 wrong note!--so did i!--i copied it the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:57:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I made my first flute ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I own several great flutes by Dave Clemens but I had to try making my own.  Dave showed me an unusual one he had made and so I needed to try it.
<br>
It is a C4 flute  pretty close to in tune on all holes.
<br>
<img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/mahtosapa/carving/thistleflute002.jpg" alt="image">
<br>
<img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/mahtosapa/carving/thistleflute003.jpg" alt="image">
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<img... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:39:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ tunning ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ could someone tell me why the first three holes on my NAF from the bore end go flat I had them just a few cents short then finished
<br>
the other three and checked them the next day now they are way to flat
<br>
Feather Runner ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:56:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Carving flutes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A new friend of mine makes NA flutes. Dave Clemens from Richland, Oregon does a decent job of making an elderberry flute. I now own 6 of them and lots of my
friends have them as well.  Anyway, I just cannot leave well enough alone!  I had to start carving them up!
<br>
Roughing out a design
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<img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/mahtosapa/carving/fluteCarving006.jpg" alt="image">
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Needed a fox to match the &quot;Bird&quot; that came with it.
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<img... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:18:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 11 seconds left ]]></title>
			<link>http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/30098/t/11-seconds-left.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ seems i managed to get a whole 4 seconds of air time on the local news.  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.katc.com/player/?video_id=1069&amp;zone_id=8&amp;categories=8">http://www.katc.com/playe...ne_id=8&amp;categories=8</a>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Drone flutes for sale? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does anybody on this forum make drone flutes for sale? I was supposed to buy one from okcman, but I haven&#39;t seen him here in quite some time or heard back
from him. Thanks.
<br>
Brian ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bamboo Flute ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>I had mentioned in a reply that I found some big bamboo and I was going to try to build a NAF with it. The whole piece measures approx 27&#39;&#39; and the
foot end is approx 2&#39;&#39; wide. The SAC end is approx 1 1/2&#39;&#39; wide. Any way I started on it at approx 230pm and worked on it until approx 6pm. I
left the node in the body for the plug. From the plug to the SAC end was approx 2&#39;&#39;. I wanted at least 3&#39;&#39; on the SAC and then another
3&#39;&#39; on the mouth... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bamboo Low "D" ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ this one is sporting a cedar bird and mouthpiece with turquoise accents. the bird is inset with a fossilized snail shell inlaid with turquoise.
<br>
<br>
<img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/51626ae3562094444677a1f5b517718d23c4da06.jpg" alt="image"><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/3ad26073272fe4674b4704ff84ecc5a1482e44e4.jpg" alt="image"><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/212269637f2ac4c04e77a6f76adcfb3052ed912b.jpg" alt="image"><img... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wooden Flutes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <ol>
  <li>Can someone give some advice on the wooden flute and how to build the wind way and the size of hole in the mouth piece. Ibuilt one to test today but it
  didn&#39;t work. I built it like the digram on the other post. I am farley good with wood working but this is whipping me.</li>
</ol> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:24:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My first two drums! ]]></title>
			<link>http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/29814/t/My-first-two-drums-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here are two drums I made from log to drum constructive criticism welcome <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif"> <img src="http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad244/svaldrin_2010/059.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad244/svaldrin_2010/058.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad244/svaldrin_2010/060.jpg" alt="image"> <img src="http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad244/svaldrin_2010/061.jpg" alt="image"> <img... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ First working flute! (Made of Mexican Bamboo) ]]></title>
			<link>http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/29793/t/First-working-flute-Made-of-Mexican-Bamboo-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve been trying off and on to make an end-blown flute since spring, and having only marginal success realized that there are other types of primitive
flute out there!  Last night I decided to try my hand at a side-blown (if that&#39;s what they&#39;re called) flute.  I made 2.  The first was made of poison
hemlock, it almost worked, so I tried again with a different material-mexican bamboo (polygonum cuspidatum).  The piece had been cut in the summer and cured
for a couple of months.  I... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Huey Tlatoani)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FINISHING MY  RACCOON BONE FLUTES.... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ FOLKS,
<br>
<br>
   i gotta  tell you--if you get the chance to work  w/ raccoon bones--do it--they r very  sturdy-like buffalo bones----i just made 2- raccoon bone flutes,and
1 whistle--im fine tuning them..--then i will use a buffalo tibia---thanks PANBREAUX!
<br>
<br>
check out all the uses of the diff. bones on a raccoon--alot of you here are already aware that the raccoon penis bone--was popular among native and whites--in
parts of texas--they were tied off w./ string and given to girls... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:27:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Gourds are coming in! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Well, I was very successful at growing gourds this year!
<br>
I&#39;ve got 4 very large snakes, some smaller snakes, 4 cannon balls, 40+ ornamental 25-30 birdhouse some dippers, and 20-25 swans, they cover a ditch bank
and such so there are some I can&#39;t see yet.
<br>
Here&#39;s a picture of some of the green ones I&#39;ve picked for early processing.
<br>
Ornamental in my hand for rattles, cannon ball for a water drum and bowls, swans for bowls and shakiras, and the long snake is perfect... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Legba)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:12:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ drums and flutes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ this is some things I have been working on not completly paleo small hand drum, large 30&#39;&#39;pow wow drum
<br>
NA flutes the small drum is white tail deer the pow wow drum is cow and erc I made all the rawhide the cow was very
<br>
hard work the futes red ceder,western ceder,and mahogany this is my first post with pics I hope this works
<br>
Thanks F<img style="WIDTH: 600px; HEIGHT: 600px" id="fullSizedImage" class="media" alt="101909001.jpg drums and flutes picture by cfetner"... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:34:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ This young man is amazing! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Just have a look at this young man. I&#39;ve never heard music played this well before by such a young person.
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Bn4m6dQbI">You Tube vid</a>
<br>
<br>
Eric
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Eric Methven)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:33:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Throat singing ]]></title>
			<link>http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/29603/t/Throat-singing.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Click the link, wait 60 seconds as the count down timer indicates, then download and choose to open with windows media player. At least that works for me.
Might not be dial up friendly though. I like this kind of stuff. I hope you do too.
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.filexoom.com/showfile-14703/_06__kho%C3%8C%CB%86o%C3%8C%CB%86mei__throat_singing_.mp3">Throat singing as it was</a>
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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