SamD
Active member
Hi guys! I've tried trawling through the forums looking for info on building a tin can instrument but haven't been able to find anything (searching for it won't work - the words "tin", "oil" and "can" are too short for the search function to cope with!)
I was envisaging something similar to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFypbFm3tE
I was also wondering if it might be easier to make it more like a banjolele (e.g. leave out the sound hole and let the strings resonate the top like a skin), something akin to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJq04V2IoHk
(is he using a table fork to hold the strings?)
I've not made any instruments before and only have limited woodworking skills, but I thought this would be a relatively easy first project. I'd probably use an old neck from a cheapo uke, so all I need to know really is the best way to stick a neck onto a can. Obviously I can't just get a neck and glue it onto the top of the tin, it would require some form of internal bracing - in the first video it looks as if there is a piece of wood, continuous with the neck, that travels the length of the body.
Any ideas?
Sam
I was envisaging something similar to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFypbFm3tE
I was also wondering if it might be easier to make it more like a banjolele (e.g. leave out the sound hole and let the strings resonate the top like a skin), something akin to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJq04V2IoHk
(is he using a table fork to hold the strings?)
I've not made any instruments before and only have limited woodworking skills, but I thought this would be a relatively easy first project. I'd probably use an old neck from a cheapo uke, so all I need to know really is the best way to stick a neck onto a can. Obviously I can't just get a neck and glue it onto the top of the tin, it would require some form of internal bracing - in the first video it looks as if there is a piece of wood, continuous with the neck, that travels the length of the body.
Any ideas?
Sam
