Hi Kevin, I agree with what everyone has told you but don¹t try tuning until you get the flute glued and shaped. That can change a lot including how loud it...
Hi Kevin, I agree with what everyone has told you but don¹t try tuning until you get the flute glued and shaped. That can change a lot including how loud it...
You're welcome Marie. Cross fingering is covering note hole(s) below another hole you leave open to play and getting a note from that hole that you don't get...
You're welcome Keith, and I have an update on that flute. After pulling that flute down to get the measurements, I hadn't played it in quite a while, I decided...
Hey Dale, I'll tell you which side of the CD to blow into as soon as I figure out which end of the fish I have to light when I want to smoke one! LOL ;-) I...
Hi y'all, I haven't been posting much due to lack of time, but thought I would respond in a general way regarding some recent questions. Dale is right about...
Hey all! Just a quick note to say I am amazed at the changes you get with very small changes. When I measured the bore/flue ratio, I saw that it was off just...
Darn Kev. Dont you just love it, And it gets better. And you learn something new every time you make another one. Bob Runningbear yo-nv- a-di-si_____ ...
Hey Kev, Some of my flues are as much as 1/16 deep and don't take a lot of breath to play. I'm pretty short of breath so I make my flutes loud and take very...
It is a 3/4" bore, split-routered. For me, that's a small bore (at least so far) but realizing that 1/2" and 5/8" are smaller yet, I guess you could actually...
I had the same problem with one of my early attempts. I found that widening the TSH slightly also raises the volume. This, however, is a double-edged sword...
Towards the foot makes it lower, towards the TSH makes it highter. Totsuwa ... you are tuning, if you want to go higher you undercut one way, and lower you...
... I may have read more about it somewhere, but I'm an old dude and can't remember everything anymore. ha ... So you got Sometimer's too, huh? Sometimes I...
You think it's fun NOW? Wait 'till you get one finished and sit down to play it. Playing the NAF is a pleasure in itself, but playing one of your OWN NAF...
I just tried it, and got a real yuckie noise. Even the dog took off...lol So I guess that means I did not tune it right.. Walk with God Marie ... From:...
UMMM, could someone enlighten me about undercutting a certain way to get a different effect. From my experience, if you undercut, you change the wall...
... Re: [basic_naf_making] Re: flute volume On 4/1/06 8:44 PM, "Redbird" <totsuwa@...> wrote: I had the same problem with one of my early attempts. I...
Hi Redbird, I think you are miss-understanding the term chimney. What you are describing here is a flue in the bird instead of a flue in the flute. The chimney...
Hey Gang! Took the clamps off this morning and now I have a real neat little flute, all in the round and I have mostly finished sanding it. I have a real nice...
hey kev,i have made a couple of flutes and they came out real nice and thier voice sings beautiful,i use a small hand held scroll saw with a fine blade and...
Ha Ha Ha, Well Marie, Don't give up just yet. The first time I played a flute tuned to a minor scale NAF type tuning I nearly tossed the flute thinking it was...
Hi Kevin, Good one on smoking the fish. ha It sounds like you're well on the way to having it just about right. On making the sides at 90 degrees, the more...
Hi Larry, Thanks for the comments. I use about 30 degrees. I haven't measured the angle, but that's about what it looks like. I could never get the 45 degree...
Hi again Kevin, Congratulations on solving your problem with the low volume. I got behind on reading the posts and read them in the wrong order, so I didn't...
Hi Kev, I suggest almost any sort of power run saw over a hand held tool for the same reason you mentioned, chipping or stringing at the end of the cut. If...
Hi Dale, I have used 30 degree angle and it also makes a great sounding flute, and I too have not had much luck with the 45 degree angle. To me the, closer to ...
This may be a trivial question, but I was wondering if the determining factor on a finger hole location was the "center" of the hole, rather than the "edge". I...
... You've pretty much answered your own question. The chop saw is quick and convenient but you'll get some amount of tear out. The previous suggestion to wrap...
I've tried the following and it worked good most of the time. Whether using a hand held hack saw or a fine toothed powered saw such as a band saw or even a...
