Just a thought.... regardless the type of glue we use, we still have to consider how we spread it. I used to spread it with my fingers. I don't anymore,...
Hi all. I have a problem with my latest flute, its Australian red cedar with a 3/4" bore, i have the flue in the body at around just under 1/32". my problem is...
It sounds normal to me. Some of the flutes I own have a rather sensitive fundamental - the Jonah Thompson F# in Eastern Aromatic Cedar comes to mind. At...
Try using a totem with a chimney. What is the L/D? SOMETIMES, it will tone down the overblow when fingerholes are put in. I have, on ocasion, decided to put in...
Thanks Bruce and Mike for your input. While this flute is jumping an octave it takes a fair bit of pressure to make it do so and may be a normal thing. Not...
Hi Greg, I thought you told me you get your surgical gloves for half price from that doctor's office where they do all the high school physicals and prostate...
I have made a bunch of flutes in various keys and have been pretty happy with my results so far, but I have never made a flute with direction holes. So I...
Hi Jeff, Your tuning sounds fine. As long as you have a good strong fundamental there is nothing you will need to do. This is if you can live with the hole...
If the surface of the tuning holes added together is equal or superior to the surface of the bore end, they act exactly like it, so enlarging them will not...
This is what I ran into with my current first flute. I kept enlarging the direction holes with no real result. Then I cut four 1/16 inch slots starting at the...
Your L/D is 20 which may be OK, a good safe number to strive for at the beginning is 18 or a bit smaller. The bigger the L/D the easier the flute is to...
checked out your web site and was impressed by your fine work, artistic creativity, and wide variety. I will be checking you out on ebay. YOur key to ebay...
Any hole size increase, regardless of direction will raise the pitch up to the point that the total hole area is the same as the bore cross-sectional area....
Mike, Why do you always make your chimneys 3/8" high, deep as the TSH and at 90 degrees? What is the effects if this is changed? A lot of flutes don't even...
3/8" is an estimate. It is the approximate height of the base for most of my totems. I like the ability to play outside in nature and with a breeze you need...
Hi Mike Well i cut a chimney into the bird and have success, while i can still get it to overblow the fundamental is now stable. Thanks for your help on this,...
Thanks Mike, Carl Michael Jones <jonesmr@...> wrote: 3/8" is an estimate. It is the approximate height of the base for most of my totems. I like the...
I DID tell you that....I told YOU that...not the whole freakin' forum...sheesh!! Greg ... from ... we ... it's ... the ... easy ... rate. ... had a ... tells...
Howdy folks, We have some good momentum going here on some good basic topics, i.e. Clamping Methods, Glue-up, Overblowing. Let's keep sharing the knowledge: ...
Perhaps we could start with the question: "What causes the buzz?" Music produces the kind of pleasure that human nature cannot do without. - Confucius ... ...
A buzzy flute can be attributed to a flute with walls too thin, and a buzz can happen if the cutting edge of the TSH is too sharp. There....I said it.............
Based on Greg's answer on what causes the buzz, Then one fix would be to slightly dull the cutting edge with a swipe of a file After the walls are too thin,...
Hi Everyone, I have e-mailed Bill Rinker in WA privately so as not to air anything to the group. Mr. Rinker will be taking over the exchange as of today. I...
You can dampen the buzziness of the walls of the flute body, by adding some decorative leather and/or bead wraps. And yes, you can also fix the cutting edge...
Howdy folks, There are many different ways that Flute Makers apply a finish to their flutes. (1) What type of finish do you use: shellac, urethane, oils, etc? ...
I am still experimenting with finishes and so far I like tung oil best and am experimenting with beeswax/oil mix. I'm thinking about ArkOil. I done some...
I use Tung oil both inside and out and apply with a rag wiping the outside and hanging it to dry and drip . I use steel wool between coats and apply 2-3 coats...
