Howdy all! ive been wandering around this site for a fiew months now and finaly got the gawl to sign up. because of you guys and your awesome flutes ive become officially hooked
i just tuned my third flute tonite before i came into work, and it actually sounds pretty good! the reason im so surprised is that the first two i did were complete flops. airy and flat.
the fundemental started out as a very flat "e", i shortened the barrell some but it just didnt help. so i resigned myself to having a flat flute once again. then i remembered seeing a fiew flutes on here with 4 holes drilled around the foot of the flute. ive always liked the way it looked so i figured why not try it. low and behold it didnt sound quite as flat as before. thats when i really got to thinking...when you widen your finger holes the tone goes sharp. more air going out-the sharper the tone. so i widened the hole in the top and the bottom and wouldnt you know it it played the truest sounding E i ever heared! i just about jumped out of my boots! from there on out i used John Suttles way of tuning and it all came right to it.
well thanks to you all who have posted hints and tricks, and especially the build-alongs they've all been a great help. sorry for yacking your ears off i was just excited that i finnaly got one to work. ill post some pics when i get her all done. by the way in case you were wondering its western red cedar with a black walnut bird.
phil
i just tuned my third flute tonite before i came into work, and it actually sounds pretty good! the reason im so surprised is that the first two i did were complete flops. airy and flat. the fundemental started out as a very flat "e", i shortened the barrell some but it just didnt help. so i resigned myself to having a flat flute once again. then i remembered seeing a fiew flutes on here with 4 holes drilled around the foot of the flute. ive always liked the way it looked so i figured why not try it. low and behold it didnt sound quite as flat as before. thats when i really got to thinking...when you widen your finger holes the tone goes sharp. more air going out-the sharper the tone. so i widened the hole in the top and the bottom and wouldnt you know it it played the truest sounding E i ever heared! i just about jumped out of my boots! from there on out i used John Suttles way of tuning and it all came right to it.
well thanks to you all who have posted hints and tricks, and especially the build-alongs they've all been a great help. sorry for yacking your ears off i was just excited that i finnaly got one to work. ill post some pics when i get her all done. by the way in case you were wondering its western red cedar with a black walnut bird.
phil
I'll have a new flute to show soon. Watch out, once the flute bug bites... it's mighty hard to stop! I have two more in the works and blanks for another dozen! And I can't even play
ill put a pic or two on here when i get the bird done.
ive gotten many ideas off of peoples flutes here. ive tried to modify them enough so that others wont get offended. so im officialy giving the credit to you all... THANKS!!!
