Holy freakin' dang, brethren!!! That's a beautiful piece! I've made quite a few steel tongue drums before, but nothing near that level of elegance. Just awesome!!!
Absolutely fantastic! I've never seen a more beautiful tongue drum. It sounds great too, very warm and mellow. I'd love to know more about shaping the tongues to get them in tune.
I was watching completely amazed when you shared you’re sanding sigh at 9:43! Just made me laugh and appreciate you even more! Superb visualization and excellent realization of this project! Admittedly I’m lusting over your shop and tools, but you know how to use them proficiently. Bless you and thank you for sharing this project!
Once I figured out what I was doing it wasn't too bad, but there was a period there where I was totally confused and had to backtrack and do a bunch of testing.
Thanks, Peter. There's a bit of a learning curve to it. I suggest starting with some single bars and experiment with the length and thickness with the wood species you want to use. If you get that right at the start then it's relatively straightforward to get it tuned. If it's wrong you end up chasing your tail. 1/2" thick and 6" long is where I ended up.
Amazing work!! I to have made some tongue drums out of wood but i'm having trouble tuning them since i'm not musically inclined but if you have any tuning apps or suggestions that would be awesome . Cheers
Heh.. well I'm playing a scale at the beginning of the video but I play the G on the other side of the drum rather than keep going up the same side because the G on that side just makes a thud :(
I can't begin to imagine the frustration level that tuning it produced. This looked to be a long, tedious (at times) project. But I can say that really rock this tongue drum!
After the week or so to figure out I had the top too thick and bars too long it went pretty quick ;) But the whole top really needs a better sanding job. I was a little horrified when the finish went on.
krtwood I think it looks amazing. The 'rougher' more organic look of the tongues contrasts so well with the smooth shiny body. The sound is great too. I was imagining this being played on the lap of a native tribesman, African? South American? I don't know. Still amazing.
That was impressive, I would love to see a follow up video of your drum being played by a trained musician, not that your groove wasn't pleasant, but I bet would sound incredible being pushed as an instrument. I'm curious why you made it initially? It's really beautiful; aesthetically, ergonomically (the way it would sit in the lap), and tonally. Thanks for bringing us along.
Freaking amazing!! Never knew what a Tongue Drum was, now I know. I made a guitar from scratch & after seeing your video, I think that I will stick to guitar making. Beautiful work.......... :)
Very Very nice! Those are not easy to build (I tried a few years ago and ended up being a major failure so I switched gears and made a xylophone instead :-/) One of these is still on my bucket list though :-)
There was more to it than I expected. I think the key is getting the thickness of the top right. I started out at 3/4" and ended up at 1/2" and the bars 2" shorter after some testing on individual bars. If it's too thick nothing you do will work and if it's too thin you start getting all kinds of harmonics depending on how you hit it. Also tuning with the spectrum analyzer is really helpful as you can see if there's multiple peaks and try to figure out which one is the real note, versus a tuner app that just tells you the highest peak which might randomly change.
Being a woodworker and musician for 40 plus years, I am blown away your creativity. Do you mind if I ask how many hours you had into creating this masterpiece? Not to mention the hours of dreaming this up in your head.... Fantastic video to say the least.
at least it looks cool. pretty sure you have to cnc tongues to different thicknesses to get the sound you wanted. nice work for a non musician as well. if you edited your own video, i just wanted to say that it was an amazing job. the editing made the video very enjoyable to watch!
Thank you. I did a lot of experimenting with thickness and whatnot. I talked a bit with a guy who is an expert but he wouldn't tell me what to do unless I promised to keep it secret, and well that doesn't work if the point was to make a video about it. So he kept his secrets and it sounds the way it sounds. And yes, I do all the editing.
Impressive work! The drilling and filling with epoxy...was that correcting a pitch where too much material had been carved away / making the tongue stiffer?
It was a bad glue joint. I cut the tongue shorter to raise the pitch with a jig saw and the vibration broke the weak joint. So I drilled through and let the epoxy seep out to repair that and plugged the holes.
amazing work! Did you tune it just by removing material from the topside?... or am I missing something? Either way brilliant idea, I never thought of that and have always tuned by removing material from the underside of the tongues... Any plans to build more?
I had to glue the bottom on first so I didn't have access to the underside once the top was glued on. I tried attaching the top to a sacrificial frame so I could tune it from below but that didn't work out. So I really didn't have any other choice.
What an interesting organic shape. When you bent the back cover, do you need to wait a few days before you can put finish on it? I was also wondering if the finish changes the sound at all. Thanks again!
It actually took a couple days before it would even seat all the way down in the center because of the expansion from the water. Luckily I used epoxy and epoxy will stick to already cured epoxy so I was able to just wait it out and then pour more epoxy in from the inside to glue it down in the center. I would imagine the finish has some effect on the sound but I don't have a trained ear to hear it.
Your woodworking is true artwork sir. I'm always amazed at what you are able to make the wood do.
It is not just a musical instrument but a work of art at its best in woodcraft.
Holy freakin' dang, brethren!!! That's a beautiful piece! I've made quite a few steel tongue drums before, but nothing near that level of elegance. Just awesome!!!
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What a wonderful piece of art and musical build....very nice. 👍🏼😊
Absolutely fantastic! I've never seen a more beautiful tongue drum. It sounds great too, very warm and mellow. I'd love to know more about shaping the tongues to get them in tune.
That is some very serious craftsmanship combined with ingenuity and artistry!!! Unbelievable instrument design.
I was watching completely amazed when you shared you’re sanding sigh at 9:43! Just made me laugh and appreciate you even more! Superb visualization and excellent realization of this project! Admittedly I’m lusting over your shop and tools, but you know how to use them proficiently. Bless you and thank you for sharing this project!
Loved the concept and the final result...of both the video and the wood work!
Your video owns a nice rhythm as well thanks for sharing
Absolutely beautiful. Great work! You show great talent, patience, and attention to detail. Thank you for the post!
As a woodworker and a drummer, I appreciate the hell out of this!
Thanks!
Loved the musical edit, great work!
Great job.
We appreciate to see your hard works.
Beautiful instrument. Nice tools and shop, looks fun to make.
Very creative presentation of the construction, I enjoyed the multiple views at one time!
thank you for sharing your craft with us
Awesome! You just reminded me me why I never want to be a luthier, tuning those notes on the drum must have been just so much fun.
Thanks for sharing.
Once I figured out what I was doing it wasn't too bad, but there was a period there where I was totally confused and had to backtrack and do a bunch of testing.
incredible design and execution, stunning work!
a lot of effort into making this, dedication 💯
Really great edit! must have been very time consuming, but totally worth it!
Functional drum and great sound but mostly... a beautiful art piece... like all your creations!!! Love it!!!
Thanks!
Astonishing!! Well done indeed Kevin, simply incredible work!
Nice work Kevin! looks like it was alot of work to make' Thanks for sharing it with us.😎👍JP
Trailing the individual mock ups to test the sound quality was some impressive commitment to getting this right, nice work, looks great to.
Perhaps I'll be able to bring version 4 to market ;)
Your videos are always interesting and have a unique style. This one was exceptional. Thanks
Thanks!
Man I love this channel! Very creative design and the sound is spot on!
Dude, that is beautiful.
Well done. 👍🎶😎
I build mandolins but now I want to build a Tongue Drum! Nice touch using the music made on your instrument!
Thanks, Peter. There's a bit of a learning curve to it. I suggest starting with some single bars and experiment with the length and thickness with the wood species you want to use. If you get that right at the start then it's relatively straightforward to get it tuned. If it's wrong you end up chasing your tail. 1/2" thick and 6" long is where I ended up.
Very beautiful instrument and very beautiful video! :-)
Great, marvelous, spectacular, stunning, is there any other word please?
Just awesome work. And great job on the presentation no less. Great video, and fantastic craftsmanship.
That is just beautiful! Really great considering you're not a musician. Loved the video with the drum sound!
That is beautiful and amazing! Sounds great!
Thanks, David. Parts of it sound good. Other parts not so much ;)
This is awesome. Your work is just stunning and this piece is awesome as a musical instrument or even just as a show piece. great work.
Incredible video. Astonishing work, and a really creative edit.
A great drum! Now you will have your own music in the video!
Amazing skill and art as always.
Beautifull!!! the video is espectacular!!!! and great the wood work. a hug from Argentina
Thank you
Beautiful piece. That should be worth thousands, imho.
Amazing work!! I to have made some tongue drums out of wood but i'm having trouble tuning them since i'm not musically inclined but if you have any tuning apps or suggestions that would be awesome .
Cheers
That's amazing man!! That's the kind of tongue I'd love to have, great job!!!
thanks!
THAT was a lot of work. You've created something truly unique and beautiful.
Beautiful timbre and timber
Nicely done Kevin. Glad you finally got it to make notes. It is a beautiful design.
Thanks! Most of the bars make notes anyway ;)
Well there goes the "magic". We didn't need to know the whole truth!
Heh.. well I'm playing a scale at the beginning of the video but I play the G on the other side of the drum rather than keep going up the same side because the G on that side just makes a thud :(
Wow man I cant find speech capable of doing justice, what this piece has made me feel. Thanks alot for the compassion you put into this work!
Absolutely beautiful instrument!
Exquisite! And it sounds great, too.
Thanks, JOhn!
I can't begin to imagine the frustration level that tuning it produced. This looked to be a long, tedious (at times) project. But I can say that really rock this tongue drum!
Tuning wasn't so bad once I figured out that I had the top too thick and the bars too long. But it took a week to figure that out...
But... Ohhhhh.... that week!
The most beautiful tongue drum I've ever seen.
So much work! Well done on a great result 😀
I enjoyed the varnish the most
As always Kevin, an extremely creative and well executed project. I can't even imagine how long it took you to tune it correctly. Bravo!
After the week or so to figure out I had the top too thick and bars too long it went pretty quick ;) But the whole top really needs a better sanding job. I was a little horrified when the finish went on.
krtwood I think it looks amazing. The 'rougher' more organic look of the tongues contrasts so well with the smooth shiny body. The sound is great too. I was imagining this being played on the lap of a native tribesman, African? South American? I don't know. Still amazing.
Glückwunsch, ein Meisterwerk!
Wonderful work, great hug from Brazil !
Beautiful piece!
Wow! That is a beautiful drum!
Some craftsmanship!!!
Beautiful work of art - both in musical and visual context. Let me know if you ever decide to sell it...
Thanks. Whether I'm willing to sell depends on the offer :)
Wow! Beautiful!
Its a masterpiece, its a god damn masterpiece.
-VideogameDunkey
Thanks!
Nice work. Now I have to make one.
Amazing labour of love 💕
Wenge? Nasty stuff to work with, but looks and sounds awesome. Cheers! Chris.
So many tiny splinters. At least they are easy to see, right?
Tas re loco man!!!! tsss te viajaste bien chido. Congratulaciones maestro
That is outstanding, absolutely beautiful, great work :) I want one!
I raise my hat for creativity
That was impressive, I would love to see a follow up video of your drum being played by a trained musician, not that your groove wasn't pleasant, but I bet would sound incredible being pushed as an instrument. I'm curious why you made it initially? It's really beautiful; aesthetically, ergonomically (the way it would sit in the lap), and tonally. Thanks for bringing us along.
Wow, incredible work.
Freaking amazing!! Never knew what a Tongue Drum was, now I know. I made a guitar from scratch & after seeing your video, I think that I will stick to guitar making. Beautiful work.......... :)
Ha ha! If you do it the normal way and just make a box it's an easy weekend project, once you understand the tuning part.
That's a work of art!
Wow you have a lot of patience great job👍👍👍👍👍
Now that is a beautiful thing!
Beautiful work!
Very Very nice! Those are not easy to build (I tried a few years ago and ended up being a major failure so I switched gears and made a xylophone instead :-/) One of these is still on my bucket list though :-)
There was more to it than I expected. I think the key is getting the thickness of the top right. I started out at 3/4" and ended up at 1/2" and the bars 2" shorter after some testing on individual bars. If it's too thick nothing you do will work and if it's too thin you start getting all kinds of harmonics depending on how you hit it. Also tuning with the spectrum analyzer is really helpful as you can see if there's multiple peaks and try to figure out which one is the real note, versus a tuner app that just tells you the highest peak which might randomly change.
Nice work. 👍👍
Cool
Stunning work! What is the dark wood you’re using here?
Being a woodworker and musician for 40 plus years, I am blown away your creativity. Do you mind if I ask how many hours you had into creating this masterpiece? Not to mention the hours of dreaming this up in your head.... Fantastic video to say the least.
Neat project and fab video mate ,I have a lot to learn about that .atb Darren
Excellent...!!
Cheers...
at least it looks cool. pretty sure you have to cnc tongues to different thicknesses to get the sound you wanted. nice work for a non musician as well. if you edited your own video, i just wanted to say that it was an amazing job. the editing made the video very enjoyable to watch!
Thank you. I did a lot of experimenting with thickness and whatnot. I talked a bit with a guy who is an expert but he wouldn't tell me what to do unless I promised to keep it secret, and well that doesn't work if the point was to make a video about it. So he kept his secrets and it sounds the way it sounds. And yes, I do all the editing.
C'est un très bel objet! bravo je m'abonne au passage !
Dedication to woodworking - u have to love it
Holy freaking cow. Great job
Excellent work!
Impressive work!
The drilling and filling with epoxy...was that correcting a pitch where too much material had been carved away / making the tongue stiffer?
It was a bad glue joint. I cut the tongue shorter to raise the pitch with a jig saw and the vibration broke the weak joint. So I drilled through and let the epoxy seep out to repair that and plugged the holes.
Absolutely incredible!
Wow, just wow!
good jobs Greetings from Argentina
Wow so creative! Amazing work
What types of wood did you use?
Wenge on the top and cherry on the body.
absolutly genial !!!
Love
True Craftsmen
amazing work! Did you tune it just by removing material from the topside?... or am I missing something? Either way brilliant idea, I never thought of that and have always tuned by removing material from the underside of the tongues... Any plans to build more?
I had to glue the bottom on first so I didn't have access to the underside once the top was glued on. I tried attaching the top to a sacrificial frame so I could tune it from below but that didn't work out. So I really didn't have any other choice.
What an interesting organic shape. When you bent the back cover, do you need to wait a few days before you can put finish on it? I was also wondering if the finish changes the sound at all.
Thanks again!
It actually took a couple days before it would even seat all the way down in the center because of the expansion from the water. Luckily I used epoxy and epoxy will stick to already cured epoxy so I was able to just wait it out and then pour more epoxy in from the inside to glue it down in the center. I would imagine the finish has some effect on the sound but I don't have a trained ear to hear it.
Superb sir
Music suggestion, Mr. Sandman
WOW!...just WOW!
another level
Это шедевр!!! Не понял, как вы добились разной тональности.