Hi David, Bad luck about the 'explosion'. Never had one myself but have had just about everything else happen at one time or another, especially in the early...
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Marilyn J. Heed
panflute@...
Apr 1, 2000 11:36 pm
Hi Dick, Thanks for the compliment. Self-portraits I don't do--just the critters, especially horses. If it has fur or feathers, I'll paint it. Painting I...
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Samuel GarcÃa
sam3310@...
Apr 2, 2000 12:03 am
Hola David, I feel sorry for your cutting disaster. I have not experience in making bases, what I know is Marilyn advices, but I was thinking about two...
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Samuel García
sam3310@...
Apr 2, 2000 12:38 am
Hi Dick, Big concert panflutes of yours, your jpegs move my imagination and for sure I´ll make one 25 tubes panflute ¡WITH BASE!, to test myself. By the way,...
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Marilyn J. Heed
panflute@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:48 pm
Hi David, I use the band saw to cut the ends of the pipes into the curve. Cutting bamboo might be different than cutting cedar or other types of wood on the...
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bnglydll
bnglydll@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:54 pm
Hi Samuel and thankyou and Dick for your sympathy. (You're right Dick , the event has spurred me on). You know Samuel , I think you are right about that glue....
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bnglydll
bnglydll@...
Apr 2, 2000 4:00 pm
Hi Marilyn and thankyou. Is "Titebond" epoxy , PVA or something different. I notice old Norm Abraham on that show of yours we get uses something called...
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Marilyn J. Heed
panflute@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:10 pm
Hi David, I have used "Gorilla Glue" and just do not like it--my opinion. You are asking technical quesitons I have no answer for! According to the label...
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bnglydll
bnglydll@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:27 pm
Thanks again Marilyn, Clamps are on order!!!! David ... From: Marilyn J. Heed <panflute@...> To: <panflute-world@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, April 02,...
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Marilyn J. Heed
panflute@...
Apr 2, 2000 10:15 pm
Hi David, When clamping, you will need small flat pieces of wood or something to place over the curved pieces when gluing down in order not to mark or damage...
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Ken Webster
Ken_Webster@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:03 am
Hi Samuel I would not recommend using Araldite on bamboo. Araldite is a thick epoxy gap filling glue. It does not penetrate well into the surface of fine...
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Marilyn J. Heed
panflute@...
Apr 3, 2000 5:11 am
Hi Ken, The Titebond II glue is an aliphatic resin glue--according to the label. It works excellent on cedar, maple, cherry, walnut, etc. How well it works...
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Ken Webster
Ken_Webster@...
Apr 3, 2000 6:14 am
Hi Marilyn I have not used titebond but have used other aliphatic resins. They seem fine to me given the easy to split nature of bamboo. Mind you I have not...
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Samuel García
sam3310@...
Apr 3, 2000 6:25 am
Hi Ken, Nice to hear you. I don´t know Araldite, I use epoxy for wood model airplanes and it sticks to bamboo the same to balsa and bonds like glass. My...
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R.P. Koster
r.p.koster@...
Apr 3, 2000 11:04 am
Hello everyone: What does one need for making a good panflute? For the panflute: bamboo, adhesive, sealant for tube bases (may be same as adhesive). Ancillary...
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R.P. Koster
r.p.koster@...
Apr 3, 2000 11:12 am
Hello everyone: David (and everyone else experiencing the same trouble), now it’s time to make good bonds. As I said, different experts have different...
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bnglydll
bnglydll@...
Apr 3, 2000 7:06 pm
Thankyou so much Rolf for this highly enlightening information (and thanks again Ken , Samuel , Marilyn). Rolf , I am modelling the flute I am making on my...
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Brad White
whiteb001@...
Apr 3, 2000 8:43 pm
I am getting panflute email again.. yea!!...
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Stefano Gay
Stefano.Gay@...
Apr 3, 2000 8:49 pm
Hi Bill, I cannot answer your interesting question, I'm puzzled myself... What I can say is that some time ago I met a street musician from Bolivia who played...
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Stefano Gay
Stefano.Gay@...
Apr 3, 2000 8:49 pm
Hi dear panflutists, just a thought triggered by the discussion about playing surface: sometimes I tried to play the panflute putting some olive oil on my lips...
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Michael Boehm
mboehm@...
Apr 4, 2000 5:49 am
... lip. ... on ... Hi, in the beginning I also used powder (potato flour/starch-flour). It keeps your lower lip dry and thus the friction is reduced. But...
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R.P. Koster
r.p.koster@...
Apr 4, 2000 7:21 am
Hello everyone: ... Yes, I think it's the ONLY way to keep playing for hours without any problem. The only reason to make "point contact" between lip and tube...
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R.P. Koster
r.p.koster@...
Apr 4, 2000 12:28 pm
Hello everyone: ... Does this mean stronger curvature (smaller radius)? ... The ones I have seen are wide compared to the older Popescu's and Pîrvu's. ...
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Bill Hardin
prov3_56@...
Apr 4, 2000 12:37 pm
Stefano: Your comments are interesting. A number of folks have said the "traditional" arrangement of the panflute suits them because they are right handed (you...
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Marilyn J. Heed
panflute@...
Apr 4, 2000 1:55 pm
Hi David, I use the router (1/2-inch bit) to "groove" one side of the pipes (all except the first) before joining. The bit depth is adjusted for each size of...
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bnglydll
bnglydll@...
Apr 4, 2000 2:24 pm
Hi Rolf and Marilyn and thanks again, Yes Rolf , I did mean a slightly stronger curvature , which is what the Popescu panflutes seem to have (although I've...
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kbudd@...
Apr 4, 2000 6:46 pm
Test...
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Marilyn J. Heed
panflute@...
Apr 4, 2000 8:52 pm
Test received. ... From: kbudd@... [mailto:kbudd@...] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 7:51 AM To: panflute-world@egroups.com Subject: Re:...
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Ken Webster
Ken_Webster@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:59 pm
Hi All For those interested in drilling long tubes see: http://www.danjon.com/ Gun drills are reported to produce a very smooth and accurate bore and have a...
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kbudd@...
Apr 5, 2000 2:24 am
... Thank you! Recently eGroups has merged with Onelist and this has changed their website so that as manager I can no longer seem to get access...anyway.... ...
