Making a Bamboo Flute

This is a short version of a photo essay I made concerning bamboo flute making. For the full version with text, check out my photo album at: http://imageevent.com/paleoaleo/makingatransverseflutesideblown

The flute in the video is the flute being made in the photos.

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Music

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• PaleoPlanet
• flute
• bamboo
• transverse

[massi0003]

Hi I just want ask if you have to set the tuner to 444 MHZ or 440MHZ for a flute tuning.

greetings

[Paleoaleo]

I usually just tune them to others I have. But using the tuner, I set it at 440 for an A

[magick205]

Nicely done. Have you tried making an end-blown flute like a shakuhachi yet? You'll use mostly the same materials and processes, but you get a much different sound.

[Paleoaleo]

I've messed around with a few of those, but can't play them well. My friend, Sal, has made some nice ones. I've got to give it another try. I love the sound of those for sure.

[Koyko200]

I am making one currently. It's going to be longer then those and bigger around. I just need to know how to get the knots out.

[Paleoaleo]

Yea, that's how I do it. I use a piece of rebar and punch the nodes out and then use a big round/rat-tailed file and then sandpaper stapled on a dowel to sand them flat and smooth. Sorry for my delay in replying.

[samopdrift]

'poorly played' it says... but there is so much love in the way you played that song!!!!

[Koyko200]

Thank You! I'll try it.. I'll need one long stick.. lol..

[dangunit69]

You can use a stick and just hit the joints from the inside and they will break away, you can use a metal rod and heat it in a flame and burn them out, or you can put a point (stone, metal whatever) on a stick and drill them out by spinning the stick.