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Offline EIEIO

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St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« on: March 16, 2013, 11:50:05 pm »
These are "wooden spoons" used as percussion instruments. They make a nice instrument for the less talented among us to play along at the St.Patrick's Day parties. The pattern is for the 1x10x3/4" oak spoons. The other in the photo is a piece of black walnut split from a log on our wood pile and cut by eye. If you save the cut-out it makes a good counter click to the spoons by beating it against the upcoming spoon. The black walnut sounds incredible - too loud to play without a loud band next to you.

Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9pMIcRlLvw

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all.
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2013, 06:56:48 am »
Very nice work, thanks for sharing.
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2013, 07:47:38 am »
nice spoons thanks for sharing/

grabbed a copy of the pattern thanks.
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2013, 09:16:17 am »
Will have to try this one, so I snagged a copy and send my thanks for sharing both with us.

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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2013, 09:49:08 am »
Very nice job, and thanks for the pattern.
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2013, 10:48:14 am »
Very neat.  Thanks for sharing them with us and the pattern.


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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2013, 11:12:12 am »
They look great, nice work. Thanks for sharing with us.  :)
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2013, 01:52:19 pm »
These are very cool.  I'm going to try this project once I get my hands on some decent wood.  Thanks for the pattern!
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2013, 03:22:55 pm »
Thanks for the pattern, looks like something fun for kids that don't live with me.
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2013, 03:48:57 am »
Interesting. Is this a traditional Irish thing or just something you crafted up? Would be interested to hear how it is played.
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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2013, 04:09:13 am »
looks very nice, wonder how the sound.
never seen this before.

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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2013, 07:49:56 am »
Looks nice!

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Re: St. Patrick's Day Musical Spoons
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2013, 09:36:31 am »
Troy - this is my take on a traditional instrument. It's made to be an easy scroll saw cut. It could be a compound design if someone wanted to turn on its side and thin down the arms - commercial units have thinner, softer arms. But these were both proven at two loud St. Patrick's day parties with acoustic bands playing in a small room. They are plenty loud.

Marcel - if you look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9pMIcRlLvw
you can see how wooden spoons are used and how they sound.
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