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Wow...I must have triple-clicked!
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You guys crack me up!
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dow wrote:With the right support, you could get a tone like silk.
As opposed to the normal gritty tone.
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Enough is enough. This thread needs to turn a corner.
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Aww shucks!
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Cornstalks. Sheesh. Could we have tried more of a stretch?

All I can say is I'm grateful that we haven't gotten into corn smut.
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fungus!!! oh boy...we'll never see the end of this now
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cogito ergot sum
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I suppose now would be a bad time for The Great Cornholio to make an appearance....
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Casey Burns wrote:cogito ergot sum
Ummm, you recognize that snails can add?
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crookedtune wrote:
Casey Burns wrote:cogito ergot sum
Ummm, you recognize that snails can add?
No, no, no. That's cogito ESCARGOT sum. Casey was referring to Cogito Emmons, the little known moonshiner from West Virginia. What he meant to say was, "Cogito, yer got sum?" Which is what you ask when you want to buy a Mason jar of shine.
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OK!

Since this Corny post has taken a shine to it....

I guess it is time to direct you to Michael Cronnolly's Recipe for POITIN: http://www.irishflutes.net/mef/poitin.htm

I guess flutes isn't all he makes! :D

POITIN = Irish MoonShine!
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Post by Thomas-Hastay »

A Flute from cornstalk?

I'm sure you could...COBB...one together if you used Pete Kosel's <b>Flutomat</b>

http://www.cwo.com/~ph_kosel/flutomat.html

The embouchure plate will need to be increased in thickness by glueing extra layers of cornstalk. I recommend "burning" the holes with a red hot iron, like Bamboo flutemakers use too. The carbonization around the holes will preserve them from salt acid and finger wear.

Look at some of the tools for making Bamboo flutes here...
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~DL1S-YMGC/index-e.htm
(Click on "make Shinobue")The "gimlet" would be nice for cutting the internal nodes.
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And of course, you know what to oil the bore with. :-D
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