Hi, know this isn't a real technical question but I would like to know what processes some of you use to make and finish your fetishes/birds. I carve or cut...
Hi O&D, I use wood or stone. If I use stone I mount it on a wood platform. I finish the fetish with shellac (spray can). It is waterproof and safe. If I get...
Nice flute, Tom, and I like your spindle setup. Are those 1/8" increments on the drive end? I'd like to try something like that on my lathe. Steve Rabuck ...
Nice flute, Tom, and I like your spindle setup. Are those 1/8" increments on the drive end? I'd like to try something like that on my lathe. Steve Rabuck ...
My totems are usually of a single block of wood, often poplar or some spalted poplar I found at my Dad's house in Ohio. Like you, I cut mine basic shape using...
I just made a 3/4" bore drone flute in the key of G. I found that in tuning the fundamental, the drone side was a tad sharp. The other side is in tune and...
Greetings, I have been renting DVDs of the TV series "Northern Exposure" and have heard some great flute music in dozens of episodes. This got me think about...
Hi Steve Yes the lath spindels are in 1/8" steps, very smooth and solid. I picked these up last year at the Potomac Flute Festival, here is the site of the man...
I am in the finishing stages of my first flute. now I want to start a second flute for a 10 1/2 year old grand daughter she appears about the size of the...
Any removal of material is going to raise the pitch. Moving the hole toward the TSH also sharpens it. There are some very useful documents on tuning in the...
Hi Jim L, Have your grand daughter lay her 6 playing fingers together and measure the span of those fingers. The sound chamber will be about 3 times that...
hey folks,been ages since i came here! nice flute ! :) reminds me a bit of a billiard cue about the stepped-spindel.theyre great but $160 is quite a bit for ...
I made one of these out of hardwood doweling that will hold 1/2 to 1 1/4 bore diameter flutes, I first turned the morse taper then turned it around and did the...
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I have finally decided to upload a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet called NAFtune v1.0. It can be found in the Tuning tips folder of the Group's Files section. The...
Hi Keith: Sorry I'm late getting to you on this subject. I've done a few inlays on already rounded flutes using a cross sliding drill press vise from Grizzly....
Thanks Bill (Memo)! I have a sliding vise (Harbor Freight) and will give it a try. Hope to see you at the next Tucson Native American Flute Circle amigo! Stay...
... measure the span of those fingers. The sound chamber will be about 3 times that distance for the minimum size flute she can handle. Scale the L/D ratio...
You're welcome Jim. http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~tuner/tuner_e.html I don't know if the TunerE will help with chasing the harmonics. It does show a visual...
HI, I looked at the back posts and didn't see anything on this question. Do any of you experience your flutes being out of tune after finishing. I have...
Good Morning, Adding heavy coats of finish will de-tune your flute. You seem to have performed the necessary corrective action though. Besides coats of finish...
Thanks Art for your answer. The wood these last flutes were made of was mineral poplar purchased from Home Depot. We are not that familiar with woodworking...
Good Morning DeeDee, Don't count on it. Green wood is something construction people fight all the time. However if it's dry enough for construction it still...
Art, I really appreciate your answers,and hope you don't mind a couple of more questions. When in doubt if the wood is dry when purchased, aside from asking...
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