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#1 2007-10-18 12:12:57
- david
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- Registered: 2006-07-25
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Finger hole on a node?!
Hey everyone,
I have a new piece of bamboo I'm playing with. Using several hole calculators (which end up pretty much the same) my bottom hole falls right on a node! what is the best way to handle this?
1. Shift everything up to avoid the node?
2. File down the node and smooth it out and then drill the hole?
3. Something else?Thanx,
david
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#2 2007-10-18 12:23:50
- edosan
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Re: Finger hole on a node?!
I have a gnarly 2.1 made by Perry Yung that has a hole on a node ('the horror, the horror'), and he just filed the node down a bit
right where the hole should be (and is...). He did not file the node down completely flush with the shaft, however, just enough to make it 'work'.
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#3 2007-10-18 12:27:18
- david
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Re: Finger hole on a node?!
cool!
i think imagonna do the same thing!
thanx!
david
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#4 2007-10-18 14:28:54
Re: Finger hole on a node?!
Yeah, go for it. I also have a Perry Yung flute with a hole that's partly over a node that got mostly filed away on the exterior. It's great. And up here, Al has made many jinashi flutes with a hold on a node. They end up looking and playing great. The filing down of the exterior ridge that Ed is talking about can actually look really nice, as it blends out to the rest of the shaft. Same appearance as when root nodes are commonly shaved away.
It's not "ideal" according some aesthetics, but who cares... it's personal and you're the one who plays it when it's done!
-Darren.
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