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A Step by Step Guide to Making and Tuning
Tongue Drums
(The Beans, Totally Spilled)Plans are now available to make the 12 Key Bass Giant size tongue drum. This is the largest tongue drum on the website and now available for the woodworking enthusiast to build. Not only will you be able to build this size drum, but you'll be able use the concepts to help build tongue drums of many sizes, styles, and tunings.
I've listed and hand illustrated the steps it will take to turn hardwood boards into finely tuned tongue drums, a most amazing instrument. The steps are easy to follow, but moderate skill in woodworking is required. I want people to succeed with their drums, and I will list answers to any frequent questions on this page.If you're interested in making your own tongue drums, here are the plans and instructive materials to build them.
Included Are;
Material and Tools Needed List
Traceable Pattern for the top.
Carbon Paper to transfer the pattern.
Exploded View of the tongue drum.
Step by Step Guide to building the tongue drum, including Hand Illustrations of important parts and steps.
Tuning Guide to tune the tongue drum to musical scale(s)
Alternate Key Designs and Basic Theory
This material represents hundreds of hours refining the design of the tongue drums to get the beautiful sounds heard on the clips. From start to finish practical guide to building a tongue drum.
Apply the information about harmonic tongue drum building with your imagination, and create truly personal works of art.$35. Plus Shipping
By ordering these plans, you agree not to reproduce them or distribute them without written permission of Steve Roberts/tonguedrum.com. While the exact steps are described to building a tongue drum, the results aren't guaranteed. No refunds on purchase of plans. Any production of the drums in numbers beyond 5 requires written permission. By ordering plans, purchaser agrees to these terms.
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