kevgermany
ex Landrover Nut
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- Just north of Munich
Anyone know much about these?
Lovely sound, thought I'd make one. Ordered a set of plans from tonguedrums.com, but they haven't arrived, no reply to chase up emails, either.
Am tempted to go it alone, but web info, especially on tuning is hard to come by. Many of the non-Steve Roberts examples on youtube sound terrible, so I don't want to spend a fortune on wood and make something that won't be any use.
I found S Roberts 'plans' for a simple one from an old woodworker mag online, but no tuning info. I'm not looking for which notes to tune to, but how to get a tongue to a specific note, including bringing it's harmonics into tune. I've found what I need for Marimbas, but these tune differently. and there's a lot of supposition on the web.
Lovely sound, thought I'd make one. Ordered a set of plans from tonguedrums.com, but they haven't arrived, no reply to chase up emails, either.
Am tempted to go it alone, but web info, especially on tuning is hard to come by. Many of the non-Steve Roberts examples on youtube sound terrible, so I don't want to spend a fortune on wood and make something that won't be any use.
I found S Roberts 'plans' for a simple one from an old woodworker mag online, but no tuning info. I'm not looking for which notes to tune to, but how to get a tongue to a specific note, including bringing it's harmonics into tune. I've found what I need for Marimbas, but these tune differently. and there's a lot of supposition on the web.