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Permalink Reply by Cedar Love on July 30, 2014 at 9:56am

ABS pipe has better resonating qualities than PVC. You can also take a torch to ABS and make it bubbly or soften the pipe and twist it or put a stopper over one end, heat it and make it bulge or flare.

Cleaning agave stalks is relatively easy: the pith scrapes out until you hit wall which is about 1/8 -1/4 inch. The stalk does not have to be cut and glued. The wood is soft and needs finishing to not crack or rot.(Yucca stalk is more solid and does have to be cut).

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 26, 2014 at 4:35pm

then there's  this 

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/the-first-cbg-cylindrical-bambo...

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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on January 26, 2014 at 8:03pm

Hi A.P.

Yeah, I like that! How does it sound?  Do you pick/strum it or use a bow?

You'd think thick bamboo would be easier for me to find being in China and all, but I think PVC pipe is more readily available. Will see if I can hunt down some wide diameter bamboo while I'm at it. I'm interested in this instrument as an introduction to bowed instruments and fiddling in general (kind of like canjos and dulcimers are to guitars, these tube fiddles are to true fiddles).

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 26, 2014 at 10:25pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhDNe911yBE

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on January 27, 2014 at 12:10pm

Interesting instrument and discussion guys!

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