instrument-a-day 13: bamboo flute
February 13th, 2009
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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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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