Experimenting
Trial and error using Pine, Oregon and Kwila wood!
Sourcing Wood
Searching through Bunnings Warehouse, Mitre 10, Halswell Timber, One Stop Deck Shop and finally BBS Timbers which I settled on!
Cutting Purpleheart timber to size
Using my newly bought bandsaw, I measured the dimentions and began cutting!
Rough Tuning
This is my current stage! Tuning the fundamental, the first overtone (wo octaves higher) and the second overtone (three octaves and a majpr third higher) using the belt sander!
Resonators
PVC Pipes do a great job at amplifying sound! Made a prototype to see how it looks :)
The Frame
Trying to figure out how to make these little bar posts is so frustrating! Any ideas? I've experimented with wood, clay etc...