This list is to provide a forum of discussion for people who love the pan flute, also known as the panflute! It is aimed primarily at the playing, making, and...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
May 29, 1998 4:38 am
Hello to all and sundry who have ventured this far! This list is meant to provide a way for the many pan flute players and wanna-be pan flute...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
May 30, 1998 12:09 am
... His instruments are made from oriental bamboo. The bottom section (the base) is made from some other regular wood. For the base I have used just about...
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Lola and Jim
lucke@...
May 30, 1998 3:27 pm
... The longest tube on my set is 9.4" long inside and plays an F. So I assume that 9 inches for a B is the outside length and the inside length is about 6...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
May 30, 1998 3:36 pm
Hello everyone, My name is Brad White I'll be 49 next month (June 11, if you want to send presents) I live in Honolulu, Hawaii thats on the Island of Oahu (it...
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Lola and Jim
lucke@...
May 30, 1998 4:19 pm
I completely forgot my mailing list etiquette and just jumped right into the new list with questions. We are a couple of Texans living in Finland since 1985....
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
May 30, 1998 7:35 pm
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
May 30, 1998 7:35 pm
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
May 30, 1998 9:06 pm
When you are starting out, especially if you do not have a teacher it's hard enough to know when a problem is your fault or if the instrument is not very good....
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
May 31, 1998 3:26 pm
A "friend" sent me this inquiry...as a joke I hope. Kevin ... Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/panflute-world/ To unsubscribe, email...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
May 31, 1998 6:12 pm
I am making an instrument for a fellow who goes to Ecuador frequently and he was asking how the wax, used for tuning, would do in a very hot climate. I know...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
May 31, 1998 7:03 pm
When I bought my Preda's they came with a set of different sized wooden tools for tuning. I have attached a very small jpg.. I don't know if you can do that on...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
May 31, 1998 7:15 pm
I live in Hawaii, and that certainly qualifies as a tropical environment. I have no problems with the wax used for tuning. On some instruments, like cheap...
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Lola and Jim
lucke@...
Jun 1, 1998 1:07 pm
... I don't think anyone will complain if attachments are under 20k. And a picture is literally worth "a thousand words" compared to trying to explain how it...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:32 pm
... Definitely. Anything that is either brittle or too soft is going to cause troubles. For tuning I am using pieces of an old fibreglass fishing rod. One end...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:40 pm
The tips of the tools are of a couple different configurations.. (I'll send a close up picture later in the day) One is propeller like and the other flat.. I...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
Jun 1, 1998 2:59 pm
By the way folks, we have about 9 or 10 people now on this list...so I invite them to post a little hello, and tell us about your interest! Instead of hitting...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:12 pm
Here is a close up of the tips of the tools I use for tuning.. bw (again, anyone in the future who would like a copy just email me..) , ... /|_ () ()...
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Benoit, John
John.Benoit@...
Jun 1, 1998 3:17 pm
Hello - My name is John Benoit. I have just recently purchased a pan flute from Kevin, so I am a novice to this idiom. I have, however, been playing the fife...
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Tsoukias,Michael
mtsoukia@...
Jun 1, 1998 5:02 pm
Greetings everyone I'm an engineer in Houston Texas. I just learned of you thanks to Kevin Budd and his email network. I've been interested in the panflute...
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Tsoukias,Michael
mtsoukia@...
Jun 1, 1998 5:23 pm
For pan flute beginners, refer to Kevin's no-tube flute. It has its own logic if you consider my case: I had some basic piano background, and when I received...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
Jun 1, 1998 9:04 pm
Someone mentioned not being able to see what was happening with the wax at the bottom of a long tube.. use one of those small flashlights people keep on their...
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Lola and Jim
lucke@...
Jun 2, 1998 11:05 am
... fix them in.. It's all ... I was thinking of soldering a tiny bulb at the end of a twisted pair of wires. I used to have such a tool to check for leaks at...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
Jun 2, 1998 2:28 pm
... I had alot of panpipes I had to tune in the last couple of years..5 Predas' Kevins, 2 from Lark, 2 from Apan, and several S. American ones.. of which ...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
Jun 3, 1998 1:17 pm
I have always found, and am still finding that I tend to tense up when playing something challenging on the panflute, or when I am nervous. This is at total...
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Lola and Jim
lucke@...
Jun 4, 1998 6:51 am
quoting from myself... ... them at ... (I was hinting for some advice here.) Since it's possible to bend a note over a wide range, how do you know which sound...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
Jun 4, 1998 10:37 pm
Hi my provider had a bad day yesterday just got email back.. I think when you first start out it is hard to know where to tune your pipes to. I think for a...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
Jun 4, 1998 10:52 pm
Hi, If you haven't introduced yourself, let us know you are out there... even if you think you don't have anything to share.. For instance, I plan to ...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
Jun 5, 1998 2:16 am
... And surely an appropriate thing that we are using cutting edge technology to expand awareness of and learn more about one of the most ancient of ...
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Kevin Budd
kbudd@...
Jun 5, 1998 2:16 am
... Nice story! Let go and it will work. The Zen of music. Kevin ... Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/panflute-world/ To unsubscribe,...
