Just finished my first black one - PVC pipe came last Monday and it's rainy and cold today (not biking weather). Don't know if it's the pipe or me (I've made quite a few out of the white PVC), but this one is NICE! I followed the directions on Doug's site exactly and this thing plays VERY well! To my ears, it sounds a bit more like a baroque flute than an Irish flute (I stuck with the round embouchure hole) and it requires a slightly more relaxed embouchure, but it is just purdy. I buffed it down with fine steel wool and then some rougher steel wool when I was done and you'd be hard pressed to tell it's not ABW from more than 5 feet away.
Thanks for the tip on the pipe, Doug, AND for the superb directions on your website!
Pat
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Sounds good. Can you make me one? 
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I think..... NOT! Hey, half the fun is makin' it yerself! Besides if you want a decent one, you should talk to Doug.
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If you are willing to post a sound clip, that would be great! I'm close to trying to make one of those flutes myself. Thanks,
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OK - you asked for it... Here's a sound sample: Coalminer's Reel
Warning: I recorded this on my iPhone in a mausoleum (yes, a mausoleum!). I like to walk in my local cemetery and if nobody is visiting their deceased relatives in the mausoleum, I go in there to play.
Pat
Warning: I recorded this on my iPhone in a mausoleum (yes, a mausoleum!). I like to walk in my local cemetery and if nobody is visiting their deceased relatives in the mausoleum, I go in there to play.
Pat
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SPOOKYplunk111 wrote:
I like to walk in my local cemetery and if nobody is visiting their deceased relatives in the mausoleum, I go in there to play.
I also like to walk in my local cemetery. I can't say to much for the company, however.
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Yeah - the acoustics are a little spooky, but the flute DOES sound cool!
Pat Plunkett, Wheeling, WV
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You'r Freakin' me out Pat!
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Nice tone, and the playing is much better than mine.plunk111 wrote:I like to walk in my local cemetery and if nobody is visiting their deceased relatives in the mausoleum, I go in there to play.
Pat
You would know your playing is really bad though, if the audience walked out
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Nice thing is that noBODY ever complains! I will say that on one of my visits I heard a funky noise (not coming from me) and exited post haste.
Oh yeah - I never do any composing in there 'cause there's too much de-composing goin' on!
Pat
Oh yeah - I never do any composing in there 'cause there's too much de-composing goin' on!
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I've played at funerals in mausoleums. The acoustics are awesome. A person has to hold back a bit.
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A friend of mine is building a house in the mountains of West Virginia and he built a vault room into the basement. It's about 6 feet wide x 25 feet long and has concrete walls floor and ceiling. I love to play my flute in there. Right now It's illuminated by one hanging light bulb which adds to the eeriness of the whole experience.
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Re: Black PVC flute
I have one of those in my basement as well...it does make for a nice place to play, particularly slow airs, but also tends to be a bit chilly regardless of the season.Kirk B wrote:...he built a vault room into the basement...
If one is playing in a mausoleum and gets a sudden chill, on the other hand, according to popular paranormal science it might be a good time to check one's tuning...
By the way, nice playing, Pat!
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