Bone flute

Alric of Drentha · Post by **Alric of Drentha** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:55 pm

I just finished my first try at a flute, made from a deer leg bone that my girlfriend found in the woods. It plays a scale from C to G, with a B bellow the C if I cover the bottom end halfway, and a G# if I overblow it. The tuning's not bad (surprisingly).

And here's a sound clip (I'm not playing a tune, just messing around and seeing what the flute can do): www.andrewwelton.com/boneflute/boneflut ... around.mp3

It was a lot easier to make than I thought it would be. Here's the tutorial I used (not very detailed): http://housebarra.com/EP/ep02/17vinstr.html

Now I've got to learn some tunes!

Urban · Post by **Urban** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:48 pm

That's all sorts of awesome! Thanks for posting the tutorial, this looks like something fun to try out.

Gaston de Clermont · Post by **Gaston de Clermont** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:15 pm

Love it!

miscreant · Post by **miscreant** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:18 pm

In college we had a totally different item in mind when we talked about the 'bone flute'.

Still, beautiful work.

Benedek · Post by **Benedek** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:30 pm

That's waaaaaay cool.......Well done.

Destichado · Post by **Destichado** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:18 pm

Want to try a few more? I can get you a few dozen spares, right quick...

Anon001 · Post by **Anon001** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:27 pm

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talaananthes · Post by **talaananthes** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:40 pm

Well done as always, Alric!