updating....
Home-maid Instrument
Submitted by unfretted on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 11:05.
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3 mm plywood top, wooden box, built-in contact mic, keys from broken spring rakes steel/bamboo. The Idea was to be able to swap keys. The middle bar with 2 screws need to be improved on. 10x10 mm Pine now, use 12x20 mm hardwood instead, standing.


Can you tune it by sliding
Can you tune it by sliding the keys?
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...But how do you play with people, for people. Playing fast around the drums is one thing. But to play with people for others, to listen to, that's something else. That's a whole other world. -- Tony Williams
Yes, the bamboo is a lot
Yes, the bamboo is a lot worse to slide and uneven so much harder to tune. Could sand most of the humps down so it's even, or cut new slivers of hardwood...