All About Making Wood Based Tongue Drums

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[@NorthernKitty]

That's two brilliant, inspirational ideas you've brought us in the past week for things people would love to see at a craft fair: homemade pen and ink, and now homemade musical instruments. Some great ideas on how to spend a COVID winter preparing goods for craft shows in a post-COVID world next Spring/Summer. And I just found a 10'x10' pavilion tent hiding at the very back of my shed last week, dusted it off and it looks in great shape!! Now I just have to put in a little elbow grease to have an excuse to use it... 😊 Thanks, Rob!! 🥰

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

that is awesome - I have an update on an easier build for just what you suggest - cheers

[@SheplerStudios]

Years back I made a couple of steel tongue (Hank) drums out of old propane bottles for a music festival and they were a big hit. Also made a couple of PVC pipe portable drum kits. Lots of information how to make both of these is online (including KZbin). Wonderful explanation on determining desired frequencies Robert, thank you for that.

[@EnterTheRealm]

My friend does it for a living ahah .

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

they are really nice instruments - love the PVC drums

[@martinX74]

Think i should find some wood in the shed and get on with it. Would be fun for the kids to help tuning it :-)

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

you really should mate

[@jonnyswalk4674]

Great vid again Robert 👍 I always enjoy them. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your channel to put out such frequent quality content - Thanks 😊 Warmest wishes from South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - Jonathan 😊 👍

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

Much appreciated mate - cheers

[@samTollefson]

Thank you, Robert! I wish I would have seen this a few days ago, I have just built a tongue drum with a walnut top and the notes are a dull thud! It is already glued to a box so I can't rout a slot (under, anyway) but will try a series of set depth cuts with a Forstner bit to see if I can get pleasant tones.

[@thornhedge9639]

Well this is a whole new direction! Never boring Robert, never boring. Incidentally: if you coat the wood with different hardness's of finish you will also get different depths of tone. This explains the secret to Stradivarius's Violins; Different thicknesses of wood across the body, but also the harness and thickness of his finishes. It's amazing what you can achieve given various tensile strengths in relation to vibration.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

nice tip mate and thank you - but this actually does relate to generation

[@thornhedge9639]

@@ThinkingandTinkering Vibration and Frequency (Tesla) I forgot about that connection. I'm looking forward to your handmade storage device to go along with it. (Not kidding).

[@ronbean1628]

Heat treatment should increase tensile strength also

[@AM-us7cz]

Nice one Rob, I'm never going to make one but ( well who knows) at least I now have a better understanding of it all and I just might have a go at it. Thanks

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

personally - I think you should mate

[@twestgard2]

0:49 “There’s a clear relationship between tongue length and frequency.” 👀

[@twestgard2]

“We’ve experienced this a lot with a guitar.” 😂

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

it's like living with Basil Brush lol

[@scotttovey]

Hmm, I heard a couple of old grandfather clock chime notes when you hit those aluminum drums. Nicely designed. I think I may have heard those notes someplace else as well, maybe a church bell being rung or something, I can't pin point it.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I did like the ring

[@chuckoneill2023]

It is interesting how wide ranging your interests are.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I am interested in everything mate as it all relates

[@stevetobias4890]

Not any good with music but frequency is throughout nature, electronics, and music. You will be making wind chimes with small motors to generate power next. Those aluminium drums sounded like Asian meditation drums. Thanks Rob

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

spot on mate - what we really are looking at here is the physics of frequency

[@Authoratah]

Robert with the guitar in his hands ...... I think he's the real Robert Smith of the band ...The Cure

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lol

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

As the lead percussionist in a community band, I'm interested in creating different sounds. This is a project, along with the aluminium harp worth my pursuit that you.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

to be honest mate - I love it too - for me it's more about the physics of frequency and using that for generation but - music is a great way to explore that as well as being very valuable in it's own right

[@creepingjesus5106]

Very interesting, and thanks! My first thought though, was...'oak?' Strangely enough for such a venerable timber, and such a desirable one, it's not a popular tone wood for solid body instruments. It has been done, but mahogany 'family' woods like your Epiphone is made from, and maple/pine/ash as Fender have favoured are the runaway favourites. Factor in rosewood and ebony for the fretboards, and oak slips further down the list. I'll admit I'm not sure of the technical reasons why, but then, better minds than mine have evolved the principle groups over a long time, so who am I to argue?

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

very true mate - but I have run out of mahogany and the pine I have is really a rubbish wood so oak was better that that - limited options limited choices - I could have bought it but you know me - use what I have lol

[@creepingjesus5106]

@@ThinkingandTinkering I'm in the same spot, so I sympathise entirely. On one hand, I've made a single string pole bass out of a pine shelving post I found: not the best resonance, but more than strong enough. On the other hand, I've got a length of holly trunk that'll make a short guitar neck, which has been maturing for over a year: the resonance ought to be good, but supposedly it's hard to work once it is ready! See this 'working with what you've got' lark? Bit of a pain...! 😂

[@ricodegallo3060]

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[@paststeve1]

This comment is for my digital buddy, Al Go-Rhythm.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lol

[@endadalton]

Give us a Tune Robert

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

ok mate lol

[@exploreseafaring]

How many volts and milliamps do they produce when under load though?

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lol

[@paulmaydaynight9925]

that depends on how many Piezo Pickup's you add ^_~ 15pcs Piezo Pickup 27mm Piezo Amplifiers Discs with Leads for Acoustic Guitar Drum Price: £6.99

[@TerryGilsenan]

So it's true! you are an former hippy :D

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

lol

[@michaelschauperl172]

I wonder to which kind of generator you will lead us with this prinzipal ... electricity from soundwaves and vibrations? I guess. Maybe a silencer to bring freeway noise down and producing energy.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

now then - that is clever thinking mate - frequency is a poorly understood electrical phenomenon - music is the way to understand that

[@aomanchutube]

The graphene theme is gone.... But not bad.

[@ThinkingandTinkering]

cheers mate - let's face it there are only o many vids you can make about graphene

[@aomanchutube]

@@ThinkingandTinkering under an NDA wink wink LOL.

[@wk.cleaning6344]

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[@ThinkingandTinkering]

I have to find one first mate -I am not buying one to do that