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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Michael C. on February 23, 2011, 07:41:12 pm
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Hopefully this doesn't ruin it for him but Autumnbear and I worked out an instrument for an instrument trade, he's sending me a drum and I can't wait to get it.
He said he wanted it made out of Cedar and I had a hard time deciding on Western or Eastern so I used both. I really liked the cocobolo I had to work with for the bear turned out really pretty, I think. Only problem is I forgot to sign it and put the key on before I sent it out :P I meant to make a build along while I was doing it but I didn't know if anyone would be interested in one or not. If you are I will try and make a photo record on the next one I make. Half the time when I make a fetish though I'm pretty much playing it by ear cause I don't know what I'm doing till it's done :)
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WOW! :o :o :o Great work!
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WOW!
^^ what he said!!
That's....... beautiful :o
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Now that's a sweet .....Mouth Organ...... :P....... >:D.....now really Michael....that is awesome.....bet it sounds better than it looks....
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Very cool I can't play but I'd like to have one just cause it's beautiful.Ronnie
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Gorgeous! I love the inlays...
I'd love to see a build-a-long on something like this.
Thanks for sharing.
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I second the buildalong. That is pretty.
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Got my vote for awesome also!! Love the color combo.
Bevan
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that is a beautiful flute.
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Thanks fellas, It is an awesome board that the bear came from. You might notice it's the same wood I used for the handle on the knife I made in the KITH Mullet. I don't know if the air causes it to be that color or what but it turns sort of white w/brown bands when you first have it sanded down and then it starts to turn a bright orange w/brown bands. I don't know if they are true inlays, all I do to get that is smash up some turquoise and use ca glue to fill the carving then file it back down and clean it up. I wish I had the skill to use one solid stone, but I don't have a clue where to even start with that one. Maybe sometime I will figure it out and it will look even better.
Now that's a sweet .....Mouth Organ...... :P
Hah El D it's funny you put it that way, one of my designer friends tried to get me to start selling them with the brand name Skyne Flutes. I will let you guess how she pronounced it (it rhymes with shin), she even made a logo it was funny/terrible.
Since there are people interested I will make sure to document the next one I make. I had been planning on making a branch flute, I might get ambitious and do two at once.
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Now that's a sweet .....Mouth Organ...... :P
Hah El D it's funny you put it that way, one of my designer friends tried to get me to start selling them with the brand name Skyne Flutes. I will let you guess how she pronounced it (it rhymes with shin), she even made a logo it was funny/terrible.
Since there are people interested I will make sure to document the next one I make. I had been planning on making a branch flute, I might get ambitious and do two at once.
I think She's onto something BIG there Michael........... :P
And when you do that two Flute Build....I'll take the Ugliest of the Two off your hands...and give it a a GOOD HOME..... ;)
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...one of my designer friends tried to get me to start selling them with the brand name Skyne Flutes. I will let you guess how she pronounced it (it rhymes with shin), she even made a logo it was funny/terrible.
Since there are people interested I will make sure to document the next one I make. I had been planning on making a branch flute, I might get ambitious and do two at once.
Hmmm, Skyne flute huh? Well, if you use "crotch wood" I'm not sure a pictorial is needed >:D but I'd love to see a branch flute build-a-long. Any particular tree species, branch diameter, etc that you would prefer or recommend? Green wood or dry (I am assuming dry but am a novice when it comes to constructing musical instruments.)
Thanks!
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Beautiful work Michael,I like that a lot. Build along would be great. :)
Pappy
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...one of my designer friends tried to get me to start selling them with the brand name Skyne Flutes. I will let you guess how she pronounced it (it rhymes with shin), she even made a logo it was funny/terrible.
Since there are people interested I will make sure to document the next one I make. I had been planning on making a branch flute, I might get ambitious and do two at once.
Hmmm, Skyne flute huh? Well, if you use "crotch wood" I'm not sure a pictorial is needed >:D but I'd love to see a branch flute build-a-long. Any particular tree species, branch diameter, etc that you would prefer or recommend? Green wood or dry (I am assuming dry but am a novice when it comes to constructing musical instruments.)
Thanks!
Species just depends on if you're making it for you or someone else who might be allergic to that specific wood, traditional are cedar woods and river cane. You also want to take wood resonance into mind also which I think is one reason a lot of cedar is used. I have a piece of Makore in my garage that has been calling to me for a while now :) Depending on the key you would like anything in the F or G range you want a branch you can put at least a 3/4 bore into if you want an E or possibly a C then you want something you can put an 1 to 1 1/4 bore. If it's not dry when you find it or cut it then you need to make sure to let it dry. I'll probably use some branches from trees I've cut. I hate leaving any part of a tree I might use, so I have a habit of keeping as much as possible. I will try to get around to the build in the next few weeks and I will make a link here if I remember.
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Thanks Michael...the bore diameter helps a lot. I'll look around here and see what I have already dried and if nothing appears suitable I'll do a little Walk-about on the back 40 and see what I appeals to me.
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Very nice detail...great work.
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Beautiful work there!! What would it take to get one for my classroom? In the form of trading? criveraville
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What would you consider a fair trade? I'm always looking for sinew, arrow materials, staves and pretty much anything I can turn into something else :) If you have anything already made or that you make I would be happy to consider that also. Thanks for the offer and if you have a specific animal for the block or wood allergies to take into consideration just let me know, some people are allergic to rosewoods (cocobolo) for instance.
Regards,
Michael C.
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It looks and sounds better. I could not be happier with my flute. Michael is very talented and I will cherish this flute. Maybe Michael and me should start music store! ;D
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Very nice! I think I would like to meet you designer friend. She sounds like my kinda woman!!! ;D ::) >:D
Maybe you could steam the flute and put a bend in it like Dizzy Gilespie's horn, and then give it the......name..... >:D
That is a nice flute. I bought directions for one, and had some cedar drying , and when I went to check on it, it was ruined by beetles. So I will have to keep my eye out for some more. A build along would be nice. Pm me if you were to sell them. I don't have a lot to trade, except knives. Have you ever tried to make on out of Sitka spruce?
Wayne
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Michael, I have lots of things I would be willing to trade. Italian leather off a sofa, tan in color, turkey and pheasent feathers, slats of moso bamboo, 1 inch thick boards of pecan, Osage, mulberry, slippery elm, hackberry and ash. I logged it my self and my friend milled it for me. It's been seasoning for 5 years. I also have lots of knapped bird, small game and deer sized points. And lots of snake skins.. Long bull snakes. Let me know. I love the bear. No allergies to the materials. But I've changed my mind. Not for me. For my wife for Mother's Day. She teaches too.
Let me know what you would be interested in and I can email you pics..
criveraville
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I sent you an email to your yahoo account criveraville.
What kind of knives do you make or have stickbender, I can always use an extra :)
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:o
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I've started the build along over here, but with the bow trade, quiver trade and two/three flute trades it will probably be off and on :)
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,24374.0.html
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It looks and sounds better. I could not be happier with my flute. Michael is very talented and I will cherish this flute. Maybe Michael and me should start music store! ;D
I would be all for starting a music site If I thought I could keep up with it, I have to many stinking hobbies at the moment though :) I actually have a flute site at the moment but it's not active, just stopped making them for so long and almost forgot I could make them until the Christmas trade.