Klarinet Archive - Posting 000299.txt from 2002/11

From: Nick Simicich <njs@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Duct Tape clarinet
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:26:48 -0500

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At 07:47 PM 2002-11-05 +0000, Rebecca Brennan wrote:

>Okay, now I am serious. I'm going to make this duct tape clarinet.
>Unfortunately, I have no idea how I will do so.

There is a company that makes a brand of duct tape called "Duck
Tape". They have done promotional tours, I still have a quacking device
that they gave out at Duck Tape day at the local ballpark. Consider
contacting them. You would have liked it, the person with the best duct
tape costume won a prize.

>The problem with the flute was that it wasn't thick enough. Then the mouth
>hole was to big, so i used puddy and now it makes a sound. It sounds like
>a cheap slide whistle. I didn;t expect it to sound good though. I made a
>body and I have the places marks where i want the six holes to be, I just
>don't know how to make the holes yet.
>
>Right now I am taking measurements on my good 'ol vito. I have them all
>now, I just don't know where to go from there.
>
>I'm going to go work on it now. If anyone has any ideas, I could really
>use them

Consider using heat for the holes. A woodburner might be just the thing.
(Or a laser. :-) Consider also making the holes through a single layer
with a hole punch as you wrap the body, just before you wrap
them. Finally, consider making the tone holes from a two part putty epoxy
that you then drill.

My wife has a theory on duct tape and hurricanes. I live in South Florida,
where the threat of Hurricanes are annual. You see, you need a lot of duct
tape as an emergency supply - for taping glass, and for taping on plastic
to board up stuff.

So when the hurricane comes, you buy up duct tape, and then when you have
enough, it swerves and hits somewhere else. It is the duct tape critical
mass theory.

--
If you doubt that magnet therapy works, I put to you this observation: When
refrigerators were first invented, in the 1940s, they were rather
unreliable, but then they became significantly more reliable. The basic
design of the refrigerator did not change, and we all know that quality was
important back then, so I doubt that newer refrigerators are made better.
Refrigerators have become more reliable because of the rise of the
refrigerator magnet.
Nick Simicich - njs@-----.com

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