Perect Dale, THANX!

I'd also like to get your thoughts (and anyone else's) on the Finger-
hole diameters. On your flute, they are 5/16" and smaller.

If we want larger Finger-holes, we can move them down (South - toward
the open end of the Flute). Will that cause any problems?

Thanks again Dale, for your continuing particiaption.

ki-e-ta




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n basic_naf_making@yahoogroups.com, dale thomas <dalet1111@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> Several months back I made a very few small bore flutes.
> On one that I particularly enjoy playing, measures7/8" from the
cutting edge of the TSH to the center of the top hole.
>
> The sides of my fingers touch while playing, but that causes no
great problems yet. The flute plays well, blows easily and has a
nice mellow tone, albeit, slightly airy because of the slightly too
deep flue. Other than that, the flute plays nicely and none of the
tone holes are hard to get a nice note from. It's been a while since
I played the flute much, so I can't give you any info about how the
cross fingering plays out.
>
> The sound chamber bore was cleaned (node dams) with a 1/2" twist
drill from foot to plug. The SAC wasn't drilled clean (which may
also contribute to airyness) and the node dam at the mouthpiece end
is drilled with about a 1/4" hole.
>
> I'm including approximate measurements from the foot end.
> first hole center 1-9/16"
> 2nd hole center 2-3/16"
> 3rd hole center 2-7/8"
> cane node 3-1/8"
> 4th hole center 3-1/2"
> 5th hole center 4"
> 6th hole center 4-9/16"
> TSH South edge 5-9/16"
> cane node 6-1/4"
> SAC exit center 6-5/8"
> cane node 9" at mouthpiece
> Finger holes are 5/16" and smaller in diameter, about equally
spaced, but not equal diameters.
> The wall thickness is about 1/8".
>
> I hope this helps,
> dale t.
>
>
>
> Keith Stanford <eenncar@...> wrote:
> Howdy folks,
>
> Some of us have been discussing making Small Bore Diameter flutes.
(1/2
> inch)
>
> If we use the 18:1 (Bore Length to Bore Diameter) ratio, that would
> give us a Bore Length of 9 inches.
>
> Using the "knuckle method" of finger-hole placement and placing the
> Finger-holes 1 inch apart would result in the #6 top (North) finger-
> hole being about 1-1/2 inch from the TSH.
>
> Will having that finger-hole that close to the TSH cause any
problems?
>
> ki-e-ta
>
>
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