From what I can tell, everyone here is making stringed instruments of one kind or another. I am curious, is anyone making wind instruments? Uilleann or Northumbrian pipes anyone?
From what I can tell, everyone here is making stringed instruments of one kind or another. I am curious, is anyone making wind instruments? Uilleann or Northumbrian pipes anyone?
I made a train whistle once.......haha.
No PHD, but I have a DD 214
Well, there's one, any advance on one?
Thats what I was going to say... The President of my woodworking club makes them. he brings them around to all the woodworking shows and fairs and blows it to attract people to the booth... though I have not made one myself.
I have read somewhere recently of someone making their own reeds for woodwinds, but now I don't remember where it was.
Do turkey and duck calls count? Some of the guys in the turners forum make those.
I suppose duck calls and whistles would 'count'.
I am curious why everyone seems to be making plucked rather than wind or percussive instruments. I know little to nothing about making musical instruments and wondered why the predominance of stringed instruments? A cultural thing? Ease, or indeed challenge of manufacture?
I also happen to like the Northumbrian and Irish pipes.
It would be interesting to know what draws you to make the instruments you do.
Last edited by Caspar Hauser; 05-14-2011 at 4:02 PM.
My guess would be that they are difficult to make. I don't know a whole lot about it but other then the simple flutes and train whistles, most wind instruments seem to be very complex combination of wood, plastic, and metal. I could be wrong about that though. I like the idea of making percussive instruments though. That might be something to try in the future.
I did wonder whether wind instruments might be a bit tricky. I don't know if you saw this when it was posted in another thread but it is quite beautiful and a percussive instrument to boot.
3 min - Apr 3, 2011 - Uploaded by stball777
Forest's xylophone this is an Japanese cell phone commercial for touch wood a wooden cell phone No CG or tape-cut. Four days spent ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r83-GBFepj0
Last edited by Caspar Hauser; 05-18-2011 at 4:35 AM. Reason: correct amusing but inaccurate spelling.
Caspar that is really cool. Thanks for the link.
Rick
If only for reference or should anyone be interested I just found this site dealing with the building of a set of Northumbrian small pipes;
http://www.machineconcepts.co.uk/smallpipes/pipe1.htm
Nah,I just make musical instruments!!!!
Ah ha, so that's how it is, is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWWBX...e_gdata_player etc..
Irish pipes, http://www.seanreidsociety.org/#
Last edited by Caspar Hauser; 05-29-2011 at 5:43 AM.