Episodes

  • Demonstrating a cigar box diddly bow with packaging twine string

    Demonstrating a cigar box diddly bow with packaging twine string
    Jul 2 2024
    In this episode, I demonstrate a one-stringed instrument inspired by a DIY kit about building your own cigar box diddly bow.

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    2 mins
  • Demonstrating a diddly bow

    Demonstrating a diddly bow
    Jul 2 2024
    In this episode, I play an instrument called a cigar box diddly bow I built from a kit. I have actually built quite a few instruments from kits. Rather than having a separate podcast, I thought to include such instruments here. Kits may not be or include found objects but may be sources of inspiration. I also have a few similar instruments I built from scratch. The original kit served as a sort of prototype. NB: the diddly bow is similar to a guitar. This particular instrument features a tuner, a single guitar string, a neck, a nut, a bridge and a resonator in the form of a cigar box.

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    1 min
  • Demonsrating a cigar box guitar with a "hum bucker" pickup

    Demonsrating a cigar box guitar with a "hum bucker" pickup
    May 15 2024
    In this episode, I play a cigar box guitar I built from a premade poplar cigar box guitar neck, a cigar box, wood dowels, machine head tuners, brass ferrules, wood screws and guitar strings. I happen to love playing blues music and so what I play is an improvised blues tune.

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    2 mins
  • Demonstrating a cigar box guitar

    Demonstrating a cigar box guitar
    May 14 2024
    In this episode, I demonstrate the first cigar box guitar I ever built. This one is over twenty years old. A neighbor and friend tweaked the design by adding a piece of cedar to the headstock, among other improvements. This instrument has three strings. I often play blues music on it, as I do here in this recording.

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    2 mins
  • Clay ocarinas

    Clay ocarinas
    May 13 2024
    In this episode, I demonstrate a variety of clay whistles and globular flutes, aka ocarinas, I have made in the past.

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    4 mins
  • Ocarinas from plastic gum ball containers and cardboard

    Ocarinas from plastic gum ball containers and cardboard
    May 13 2024
    In this episode, I demonstrate two ocarinas I made from plastic containers from gum ball machines. Gum ball machines not only dispense gum but also trinkets, key rings, key chains and toys housed in small plastic containers. Basically, I drilled holes in the bottoms and lids of two such containers and fastened cardboard mouthpieces to the lids with hot glue. The tubes are just strips of cardboard creased and folded over in such a way as to form rectangular tubes. I used tape to keep the mouthpieces from opening up again. The large ocarina has four finger holes and two thumb holes while the small ocarina has four finger holes.

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    2 mins
  • Demonstrating a wood whistle and two flutes

    Demonstrating a wood whistle and two flutes
    May 10 2024
    In this episode, I demonstrate a wood whistle and two flutes. All three instruments are made from inner corner molding, inch diameter wood dowel and bamboo.

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    2 mins
  • Demonstrating wood Native American style flutes

    Demonstrating wood Native American style flutes
    May 10 2024
    In this episode, I demonstrate two Native American style flutes I made from inner corner molding, dowels and pieces of scrap wood. I fastened the wood blocks in place with packaging string and elastic bands.

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    2 mins