Hello every one my name is 'hoe-kuk' and.. U can call me 'moonfish'. i'm korean. I am making Ocarina as the interest. but, sometimes i sold it. I uploading...
Ok, I will fix the grammar in your message. "Hello every one my name is 'hoe-kuk' and.. U can call me 'moonfish'. i'm korean." the sentences above are fine,...
Ok hi everyone i'm making a 10 hole sweet potato shaped wooden ocarina and the hole sizes are driving me up the wall and back down again. soooo i was wondering...
Hey group. I'm an Ocarina admirer from Ohio. I know Songbird had a silver ocarina that they were selling but they have since stopped due to time issues...
... Hello Moonfish! Welcome to Ocarina Club. Don't worry about your English, just have fun learning it and ocarinas too. There are some pretty interesting...
I am sorry to in form you that (as far as I know, Mr. Hind would know better) for the first ocarina it's all trail and error. You have to start making a hole...
Hmmm, I don't know where to get a silver one, but I just won/bought a one made of hand cast brass that would shine up real nice on ebay. contact him here, the...
Tuning the fingerholes is all trial and error on the wooden sweet potatoes. The hole sizes can't be standardized unless the thickness of the wood at each hole...
Hi ab_seeley, Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 9:43:17 PM, you wrote: Talk to me via my own email address shown below and I'll try to help. ... -- Best regards, ...
Hi mg_midget_69, Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 11:17:06 PM, you wrote: Good answer but one other thing with wood you should know as well as with clay before you...
Hi charliehind, Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 9:05:49 AM, you wrote: Isn't that the caze, Charlie, as doing a little ocarina over only this time using the tuner...
Hi Charlie wow i didnt know you were on this mailing list your like my idol woah im like salivating to bee writing to you!! My question was how do you shape...
Hi, Mago here, Quite right Charlie... each hole is adjusted one at a time. What I do is start with the first hole, get that really close to what I want and...
But first, I'll say nice ocarinas Moonfish! It would be interesting, but depending on which web site you believe, or which brand i guess, it shrinks 30-50%....
Hi Adrian, To shape a wooden sweet potato, I begin on a band saw, cutting away as much wood as possible. After that I use the a belt sander for the convex...
Hi i'm directing this message to charlie hind and any other wood ocarinamakers out there. and thnx for replying to my message carlie. Ok here's what i was...
Hi, Mago here...Uh "pointy edge?"... "over the chamber?"... I am not sure.. but you are in luck. In the archives section of the club, you will find the...
Hi Adrian, The little pointy thing is technically called the labium, which is Latin for lip. I prefer the later because I speak English, and "labium" sounds...
Especially when you have to let someone else use your ocarina, and so for hygience reasons, would you clean it with alcohol when there are multiple players...
Well, Uncle Mitten, eszh juzz uze mine strate frm the bittle und it seems to work! 'Course the Orange flaver hellps a lot. Glass duz nev hurt!!! :-) Verne...
hello uncle martini, can't say i use alcohol( can't drink due to religious reasons) but i have found that using a minty flavored mouthwash when i have finished...
There is a product called Sterosol that is sold in music stores. It's made for sterilizing band instruments. I've used it on my wooden ocarinas after rude...
You can find it on the internet too, and it's spelled Sterisol... Charlie www.hindocarina.com ... but i have found that using a minty flavored mouthwash when i...
Hi all you wood entusiats out there i had an idea for a simple wooden sweet potato shaped ocarina. I've seen hinds very vague instructions on his sweet potato...
And might I add that better is commonly the enemy of good enough. When I try to fix something on the lip of an ocarina that makes a tone just fine, often in...
I am wondering, a Hind ocarina has a square holed fipple like a recorder, and an ocarina made by anita (also like in 'Voice of Clay') has a rounded fipple...