Help with making Straw Chanters!

The Ultimate On-Line Whistle Community. If you find one more ultimater, let us know.
Post Reply
Eldarion
Posts: 950
Joined: Wed Jun 27, 2001 6:00 pm
Please enter the next number in sequence: 1
Location: Singapore

Post by Eldarion »

Hey guys! I'm making chanters out of thin drinking straws. The plastic reed I cut out makes a nice droney sound like smallpipes and it can hit 2 octaves (kind of).

But I've got a problem here. I don't know how to space the holes to make proper notes. In otherwords I can't get a nice chanter in tune with itself (or other instruments). Does anyone have rough measurements for holes and spacing in a thin drinking straw (McDonalds sized in diameter or less?).
Post Reply