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The place for discussion of designing, building, and adoration of Cookie Tin Banjo's, Guitar's, Sitar's, Dobro's, Mbira's, Fiddle's, Bass's, spike fiddles, and any other instrument you can create with a cookie or popcorn tin!
Please feel free to post photo's, plans, PERSONAL links, and anything you can find pertaining to tin instruments.
We have a very extensive links section if you're interested in getting started building one yourself, go there and check it out first!
Let's make some twang!
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Posted - Mon Nov 2, 2009 3:58 pm
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vansman03
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Just finished a batch!
Four little tin-tars, 15", dulcimer fretting, .032/.024/.014 strings. You can see them on the homepage, link to new photos. Have to tweak the bridges on
Posted - Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:48 pm
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DianeS
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Re: sealing up the tin?
Diane "anutter" thing. With the flimsy tin tops I've had to add a "sound post" much like a fiddle has to keep the bridge pressure from distorting the lid. I
Posted - Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:46 pm
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Finecey
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Re: Scale length?
hey Diane, it uses metal strings, here are the gauges - .011 / .013 / .018 / .024w / .011[5th]. The pot is a heavy cardboard rim with a fiberskin head thats
Posted - Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:25 pm
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Randy Bretz
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Re: sealing up the tin?
Frank, I might end up doing that on some of them, after I string up. I put a tiny square of felt where the neck touches the top at either end of the tin lid
Posted - Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:40 pm
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DianeS
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