is any one are there? who help me to locate or calculate proper tone hole placement in bamboo flute. because not two bamboo are same in any way and i am amature flute maker in india and wandering so many sites but till can not got any useful or perfect techniques to make tonehole / finger hole in wooden or bamboo flutes.any book on this regards also welcome.also suggest me proper message board or flute forum where i got much about it.
any suggestion or hint in this subject are highly apriciated and highly greatful to them.thanking you
[ This Message was edited by: Tejkumar on 2002-12-08 06:46 ]
It was created for pipe flutes (PVC or CPVC), but if you measure the thickness of the bamboo wall at the end away from the blow/embouchure hole, and use that diameter of the hole, it works well for bamboo, too. ALWAYS make the hole the size smaller and then enlarge it so you can bring it into tune. Also, with this program, you can go from English to metric, change hole sizes and keys.
Here are two good general flute making pages (again for PVC pipe, but the principals are the same):
It was easy to join a couple of months ago, but several spammers got onto the board and really messed things up. They have a much tighter policy now. I will get on and see why you are having so much trouble. Maybe a word from a member can help out your case. Send me a message at ronbo@mindspring.com, listing what name you tried to join under and all that.