Spencer, thank you for the link! Here is the direct link. http://www.soo-ocarina.com/soo/load.php?width=780&height=2145&id=finger In this diagram, holes in...
Thanks for the correct link Suimin, as well as for the other link. It is useful too. I also think that closed holes should be represented by black holes. ...
Suggestion to any who go to this page. Save the page for later browsing and you can use the mouse all you wish. Now if you go back to the site this action...
Ah gee, Paul, and Spencer put it in a pretty good and easy language to understand, didn't you Spencer. Why the page told us where to go as even me with no...
Careful who you call an 'old guy' Mago, for I can't see any picture.......do I need special glasses??? Or do I need to spill Java over them in order to see...
Verne and group- Apparently my services (including the guest map) are down for the moment, and I'm also having login troubles at the site. I've contacted...
Hi all, What exactly makes the "sweet"tone in an Ocarina or whistle?I'm not really sure how to make t,but my ocarinas would be much better if they had that...
Hey Matt, I may be able to help if you describe your ocarinas. Do you use a round sound hole or a rectangular one? Is the bevel shallow or deep? Is the ...
Hello! I have been an ocarina maker for some twelve years, playing and selling my work predominantly on the renaissance faire circuit and at other themed...
Hiya! Always great to see this communtiy grow, because although I'm new and haven't been here long, it's still fun to have more people. Although I've been...
That's a good answer Spencer but there's one more thing like in the song. "Just a little bit of blooming luck!" Keep the inside smooth and keep everything as...
Welcome to the group, Barbara. Just don't go putting us old characters to shame, eh. See I'm Canadian. What type of flute do you make of that you didn't...
Hi all, I just posted to the map and challenge any other Canadians to put yourself on the map. Heck the hill to the site isn't that high and you can always...
Forgive me if these recipes have been posted. Someday I need to read the entire thread, buttime hasn't yet allowed me the opportunity. My Sister works in...
Hi, Mago Here, Oh, first of all, Hello Barbara. Keep on Whislin'!!! Thanks for posting on the map. Secondly, Does anyone have any info on the Kurt Posch...
... likely a ... HOYLE or ... Not sure ... Well, I can't really say if it would sound good or not because that depends on individual taste. :) Spencer ... ...
Hi Verne, Paul, and all! I hand form (in the pinch pottery method) and sculpt my flutes from clay and the fingering is the John Taylor, English tuning. I make...
... Hi Barbara, welcome to Ocarina Club! In answer to your question, amount of shrinkage depends on individual clay body and firing temperature. So the...
I noticed at the North Star Equipment website that they have just released a new mold press. Looks a bit like the ones Donati used 100 years ago to make his...
hey, verne, are there anymore pages to your army ocarina book?! if ytou do have more pages then what you have sent over the email, let us know!! i would like...
Sorry, but the missing pages contain nothing of this or I would have included same. Remember this was made for guys in the Army to just have fun with and how...
Welcome Barbara, If you use a consistent clay and firing temperature the shrinkage amount will be stable. Then for most people it's a matter of measuring the...
Hi You guys, I'm trying to tune my new one of wood and though I think I'm getting there it gets confusing some times. I'm just going to have to get this ...
Hi y'all, I've got an ocarina that is in the key of G, and it is the G below Middle C to the G above Middle C. G3 --G4, right? I counted the keys on the piano,...
Just counted my piano G's and we have 7 which makes you right. But as long as it's in the key of 'G' I can't see what difference it would make. G rhymes with...
Theresa, sounds like you have it right, though I don't think the system really has anything to do with counting up from the bottom of a piano keyboard. Some...