Hi everybody, I'm Albert, the last member of this club. I'm not a musician, I'm a trapecist. I broke my leg some weeks ago and, as I can't practice my...
Welcome aboard, Albert. Not sure as I know what that game is that you play but playing an
Ocarina of some type is much safer. If you need any help this is the...
Hi! Welcome! Just so you know, if we hear of a guy who fell from his trapese while riding a unicycle, balancing 20 plates on a stick, and playing an...
Okay, for those of you who might remember me (Hi, Mike!) I made my first and only two ocarinas a little over a year ago (out of clay.) I haven't had a chance...
I wondered what happened to you! Did you ever learn to play the Native American flute? Congrats on the twins. I became a grandpa on February 5th, an adorable...
Hi, I am the newbie here and am interested in instrument construction as many here are. many of you know me from other sites. I have built many instrument...
Wonderful, Deb, and you keep up the good work of advertising the best little
instrument in the world. You've found like a lot of us, I guess, that once you...
Welcome to the group, Leo, You'll find a lot of good members here and if you run into any
difficulties simply ask and somebody will be there to help you. For...
I do play the NAF, but I'm not very good at im-prov, so I wish I had some sheet music with the fingering since I'm not as familiar with the scale (I can...
Check out http://www.flutetree.com/ for lots of sheet music and tools to take sheet music and create the tablature with little pictures of flutes. Now that we...
So these days it is a fun & regular event in many communities for players of NAF to get together for "Flute Circles" where we play for & with each other help...
... I have always loved the music of the NAF...good to hear you think we can play it with our Ocarinas. I live in southern California....any Flute Circles down...
http://www.naflute.com/ Try that link. The California clans are listed on the left index. A lot of very nice people out that way. They can point you in a good...
Speaking of California!!!!!!! The wife & I will be taking the TD out for the first trip of the season to The Arts in Nature Fest / Spring Flute Festival coming...
I wish I could come. I was invited but could not make the trip. If you Mignon Geli there please tell her I said Hi. She will be there performing. Enjoy the...
By some odd coincidence, this article was in the Thursday morning paper here in Tucson: http://www.azstarnet.com/accent/233622.php Sorry I've been a bit scarce...
Nice article. When I first saw your opst I thought the news paper article was going to be about Scott August who lives in the Tucson area & will be headlining...
Hi Everyone, I just needed to know if anyone has compiled a list based on the locations of Ocarina makers and sellers internationally? The reason is that I get...
David, SIMPLY TELL THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN FOR THAT'S WHAT THIS GROUP IS ALL
ABOUT. We're not in the retail business but simply in the hobby of making
and...
Hello David, I've been planning on creating a website dedicated to the ocarina for quite a while now. I haven't compiled a list with the locations of all the...
Hi everyone. I am Tina, from Italy. I am a ceramist and a collector of clay whistles and clay ocarinas. I would like to invite all the artist interested in...
This Page shows some fine examples of handmade/carved Ocarinas and some "cross-over" instruments that could be made of slip cast clay? or maybe wood with poly...
Thomas- Exec lent web site. I particularly enjoyed the wooden ockies and the metatarsus bone flute. I have seen many flutes (whistles) done in bone but, none...
Thanks W.B. If you want to experiment with bone, you can bleach it with Clorox or use the "secret chemical" Muriatic Acid. This is the active ingrediant in...
This product is used as blanks by Pen Makers, but can be used for small flutes and tube ocarinas. I've used these blanks for making small "parlor" bagpipes....