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| Finished making an erhu | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25th, 2009 01:36 am |
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reber Approved
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Took forever but I finally got a skin and finished one I made last spring. Stretching the skin was quite an experience. Lot more to it than I originally thought and takes 3 to 4 days. Attachment: Picture 42.jpg (Downloaded 108 times)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25th, 2009 01:37 am |
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reber Approved
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another picture Attachment: Picture 43.jpg (Downloaded 109 times)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25th, 2009 01:40 am |
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reber Approved
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started on the next one. Another day or so to finish this one. Attachment: Picture 44.jpg (Downloaded 109 times)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25th, 2009 03:03 am |
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Shanghai Angels Approved
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Well done Reber! You are truly gifted in carpentry. Now....how good does it sound?
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25th, 2009 07:13 pm |
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Erhujames Approved
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Great! Great job Reber! ... Right, when you are ready give us a tune.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 07:16 pm |
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reber Approved
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Took the first one to my teacher today, he said it sounds very good. A little lower tone than most but very warm and clear with good volume. That makes me feel good. The second one I am much happier with the stretching on. Can't wait to see how it sounds!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 08:05 pm |
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Den Approved 
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You had mentioned earlier about the prospect of mounting new skins for others. Maybe some of the members here would be in need of your talents? After having done a few you would have an idea of how much to charge for material and labor. As discussed previously, I would still like an authentic python placed on my purpleheart erhu, and can mail it to you , you can keep it for as long as you need it to work on, when you get caught up and can fit it in. I know it has taken you months literally, to be able to connect with and obtain legitimate certified python skin. wow, that has taken you a lot of searching and "red tape" to pull it off. Congrats on a successfull endeavor !! Den
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 08:15 pm |
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Memphis Approved
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Wow, nice work! I registered here this moment to be able to look at the pictures and the reason to my big interest is because I´m buildning one myself at the moment! I thought I was the only one in the world who was buildning one, so Im very excited to see this. I´m almost finnished with mine and have documented it all so I will show you my work when Im done. I have some questions: 1. Did you found any plans/drawings for making it or did you construct it yourself? 2. How did you do the body? Six pieces that you clued together? 3. How did you do the Tuning-screws? 4. Do you have more buildning-pics? 5. Have you any recordings with it or can you make any? 6. Were´re you from?  Last edited on Sat Dec 26th, 2009 08:23 pm by Memphis |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 08:16 pm |
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reber Approved
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Den, To be honest if I knew it was going to be as much hassle as it turned out to be doubt I ever would have made the first one. Much less 3 more! The python skin sounds a whole lot better than catfish skin too. Karl
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 08:25 pm |
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reber Approved
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Memphis, Copied a junker I had for the first one. Had a real one to copy for the others. It is made with six tiles glued together. For tuners I used guitar machines and made longer pins out of brass rod. The only pics I can get to load are taken with my web cam, the rest the files are too big- sorry. As I am sure you are finding out, for as simple as they look, they are a lot of work. Good luck! Karl
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 08:43 pm |
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Thanks Reber! There is much work indeed! I´ve been working for weeks with mine. Can´t you resize the pictures in some program like Photoshop? Or just load them up at maybe http://imageshack.us and link? Or does the forumrules don´t allow that? Anyway, I could never get snake-skinn so I bought fish-skin and hoping that it still will sound good. Smart idea with your tuners, I was into the same but changed my mind. So I made my own with an other quite brilliant solution I think. ^^ /Josef Last edited on Sat Dec 26th, 2009 08:52 pm by Memphis |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 09:05 pm |
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kaze Approved
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hi,reber I'm interested in how you fit together the parts of the guitar pegs to the erhu. Can you take a photo of the part of the pegs, and upload it?
____________________ ♪二胡大好き♪ 
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26th, 2009 11:36 pm |
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Den Approved
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hi memphis, I can email you some sketches/dimensions, read your pm Den
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27th, 2009 03:05 am |
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reber Approved
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Here is a better picture of the tuners. They come apart fairly easy and are not very complicated. Attachment: Picture 45.jpg (Downloaded 71 times)
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27th, 2009 03:12 am |
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Den Approved
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hmm, is that solid brass rod or tubing? is it press fit , glued, brazed??? looks pretty interesting to me.! Den
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27th, 2009 03:52 am |
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Den Approved
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Memphis, looking forward to seeing the progress / results of your build............... please keep us posted on that ! fun isnt it?! Den
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27th, 2009 11:24 am |
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Memphis Approved
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Reber, that´s very clever and nice put together, and it works great I assume? Den, I will! And yea, it´s really fun to build an Erhu. =) Josef
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27th, 2009 12:26 pm |
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kaze Approved
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Thank reber for your photo. good idea!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27th, 2009 02:01 pm |
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reber Approved
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1/4" rod turned and tapped to fit the bushing and gear.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28th, 2009 08:56 pm |
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AllenZ Approved 
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Kick ass Reber! Looks no different to a professional made Erhu. Now just tone your making abilties and lets see if Eason's gonna pick up any of your later creations. LoL
____________________ To hell with circumstances. I create opportunities. "You're lucky Buddhism teaches freedom from desire, because I've got the desire to kick your ass!" 【温故知新】 「古きを尋ねて、新しきを知る」 |
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