instrument-a-day 13: bamboo flute

February 13th, 2009

Instrument-a-day 13: Bamboo Flute

Instrument-a-day 13: Bamboo Flute

The park near my house is a collection point for old christmas trees to be recycled. Someone dumped a bunch of bamboo in the pile (christmas bamboo?) so I grabbed a stalk and let it dry for a month. This bamboo really wants to split – in fact, I can hear the flute spontaneously disintegrating in the other room.

This is a Native-American-style flute (two chambers, with an external air passage connecting the two) made with guidance from Sammy Tedder’s page.

It sounds like this.

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During February 2009 I'm making a new handmade instrument each day. photoblog

2 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Aaron  |  September 10th, 2011 at 4:08 am

    Hi,
    fantastic flute! I want to make one, but I dont find the guide on Sammy Tedder’s page. Is there any writen guide? Can you show me the web, please?
    Thank you!

  • 2. Mez  |  February 17th, 2012 at 5:17 am

    I love this creation, i have to make a instrament for homework and i think this is a really good idea cause we have heaps!!!
    So if u can, can u please give me some tips and how to make it???

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