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Making a Quena:
note that quena making is not a science. The method presented here does not guarantee an excellent instrument. There is no standard. Precision is not a requirement.
But if you make one, you can make more, and improve each new one.
The following hole positions for a quena in G are patterned after an excellent Peruvian quena that has the name Roger inscribed at the foot. The hole positions for the quena in F were extrapolated from those of the kena in G; I have made several good F quenas -- both bamboo and CPVC -- with these extrapolation. The hole positions for a quenacho in D are patterned after a Peruvian quenacho of uncertain origin. This quenacho has a small inside diameter as quenachos go, and its diameter is only slightly greater than the diameter of irrigation pipe ...
You can make a quena out of any kind of tube: bamboo, cane, wood, metal, plastic, clay -- even bone. The material may have a little effect on the sound of the instrument, but, whatever the material, the flute you make will still have the distinctive and beautiful sound of a quena.
I do not have ready access to supplies of bamboo or cane, and I do not have the equipment to turn wood into tubes, so I make my quenas from local materials -- the plastic pipe I find at a nearby home improvement store.
The most readily available plastic tubing and the most easily worked is PVC or CPVC water pipe from your local hardware or home improvement store or from internet mail-order suppliers, such as www.usplastic.com.
note that quena making is not a science. The method presented here does not guarantee an excellent instrument. There is no standard. Precision is not a requirement.
But if you make one, you can make more, and improve each new one.
The following hole positions for a quena in G are patterned after an excellent Peruvian quena that has the name Roger inscribed at the foot. The hole positions for the quena in F were extrapolated from those of the kena in G; I have made several good F quenas -- both bamboo and CPVC -- with these extrapolation. The hole positions for a quenacho in D are patterned after a Peruvian quenacho of uncertain origin. This quenacho has a small inside diameter as quenachos go, and its diameter is only slightly greater than the diameter of irrigation pipe ...
You can make a quena out of any kind of tube: bamboo, cane, wood, metal, plastic, clay -- even bone. The material may have a little effect on the sound of the instrument, but, whatever the material, the flute you make will still have the distinctive and beautiful sound of a quena.
I do not have ready access to supplies of bamboo or cane, and I do not have the equipment to turn wood into tubes, so I make my quenas from local materials -- the plastic pipe I find at a nearby home improvement store.
The most readily available plastic tubing and the most easily worked is PVC or CPVC water pipe from your local hardware or home improvement store or from internet mail-order suppliers, such as www.usplastic.com.
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CT Holden , Luthiery and Supplies, Inc.:
While working on a guitar, I got an idea for a jig that would make compound radii. Because of my obsessive tendencies, I couldn't let it go, and spent two years developing it. I had several key people in the industry look at it and tell me it's a "cool tool", and that was all the incentive I needed to create CT Holden Luthiery and Supplies, Inc. The Fingerboard Radius System was the first tool introduced into the marketplace, and I am pleased to bring you other jigs that will make your work as a luthier a whole lot easier ...
While working on a guitar, I got an idea for a jig that would make compound radii. Because of my obsessive tendencies, I couldn't let it go, and spent two years developing it. I had several key people in the industry look at it and tell me it's a "cool tool", and that was all the incentive I needed to create CT Holden Luthiery and Supplies, Inc. The Fingerboard Radius System was the first tool introduced into the marketplace, and I am pleased to bring you other jigs that will make your work as a luthier a whole lot easier ...
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This document provides information about strings, violins, lutes, guitars and mandolins made by Daniel Larson.
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This document provides information about strings, violins, lutes, guitars and mandolins made by Daniel Larson.
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lute & guitar strings, bass strings, gut bass strings, jazz bass strings, lute strings, Pistoy, Lyon, Treble gut, viol strings, viola da gamba strings, violone strings, bass viol strings, gut violin strings, Academie strings, fret gut, tail gut, gimped strings, gimped, mandolin strings
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