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2/18/2023
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I must admit that I had taken a bit of a break from any 
junk punk making.  Having a baby in the house and a 
full-time job has occupied my time quite well.

But recently I have taken up the block flute (recorder), 
with the original plan being something to do in little 
snatches of time, such as the gap between school lets out 
and when the traffic clears from parent picking students 
up.  

This got me thinking about the design and had me almost 
making pan flutes, but then I went for fipple flutes, which 
is a grouping that includes the recorder, the "tin" (Irish) 
whistle, and Native American flutes.   

As of this writing, I have made three fipple flutes.  The 
first two were out of PVC I had laying around, with the 
first being an absolute monstrosity where I thought I could 
lay out the holes wherever I wanted and then just enlarge 
the holes, which led to holes so big I could cover them 
with my fingers. 

The second PVC flute went a little better, though I do have 
to blow the hell out of it to make it play -- but 
performances of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" came to much 
admiration when people saw I made the instrument I was 
playing it with myself.

Shortly thereafter, I saw two large cardboard rolls in the 
trash, the kind that have wrapping or butcher paper rolled 
around them. I have made my best fipple flute yet, 
leveraging knowledge from the other two.  There is enough 
material left to make three more flutes, and I plan on 
reporting on results here in future.  I also have some more 
PVC pipe, so it is possible I return to that as well.

So far I have not made a single purchase to do any of the 
making.  The glue, tape, tools, and materials were all 
laying around.  But even if I use any of those up, and need 
to make a run to a store, the costs will run very few 
dollars. 

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