DIY Bamboo Jew's Harp.

DIY Bamboo Jew\
Today I will learn you how to make bamboo Jew's harp, with the minimum of tools.

This kind of jew's harp can be great to learning, for me the only problems it's that the vibration is not so long, so you can't do really really nice melody.
But it's enought to offer at kids, or at friends, original and relatively easy to do it.
 
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Step 1What you need.

What you need.
So don't need lot of things :

_Knife.
_1 piece of bamboo, like in the picture.
_Sand paper.
_Rope.
_Imagination.

You can also use exacto, little scisors woods, and lot of other things, but I just want to show you the base, with minimum tools.
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Mar 11, 2011. 7:44 AMspark master says:
I have two steel ones this looks neat (I carve so knives are ubiquitous here, I don't leave home without one, ever), but errr Qick time won't play here, so I can't see it played can you put it in another format, like avi, (youtube type?) I like th econcept of this and bamboo is easy to find fer free, so please if you can explain more or see if it is possible to have another format. This is something I would do with boy scouts watching (but not tell them what I was up to) then just play it in front of them. No preaching , just doing, if the muse takes them they will do their own, on their own!

this is very cool indeed.

sparkie
Aug 4, 2011. 9:33 PMtheawesomeninja says:
Everywhere?!?! Then how do you get through airport security?!?!?!

Knives aside, think this is sorta like a kazoo type thing. Perhaps you can use Popsicle sticks? Wood scraps?

On a completely unrelated note, perhaps you can make on out of bacon...
Aug 4, 2011. 10:24 PMspark master says:
(best deepack chopra voice)

well my friend the use of bacon in religious ceremonies is a truely enlightening thing. to use it for musc is a wonder. But even if it is the center of the universe, bacon does not a vibrator work!! We mustignore the term makin bacon and see the truth of bacon in every scenario. Today I picked up a package of supposedly natural wholesome bacon . All natural they say, but to my chagrin I find sodium ethorbate in the ingredients list.....so sad to see bacon wthout real bacon.......pig salt sugars and smoke.

I have researched it and i THINK IT COULD BE AN ABOMINATION, LIKE........

TURKEY BACON..AAARRGGHH


Well that is good to think about if only in our nightmare scapes. Bacon jews harps.......oh the pain, jewish bacon musical instruments of death. I KNOW NOT!! THIS CAN ONLY BE FANCIFUL FANTASY!

I must rest now, the bacon is sleeping in the freezer, while the tomatoes are sleeping in the garden, awaiting the frying of the bacon ans slicing of the tomato.........Curiously my olive oil awaits a knowing beating, garlic cloves wince at the thought of the crushing blows, but knowing they will be reborn in aoli.....

peace be with you my friend, take two statins and call me in the morning.......

sizzle
Aug 5, 2011. 9:47 PMtheawesomeninja says:
But Sir in all your wisdom perhaps does not see the true potential of bacon?
Friends, I bring to you...the Bacon Blowtorch!!!!!!
http://www.popsci.com/bacon
Aug 8, 2011. 11:15 AMspark master says:
I stand in awe at the sheer energy potential of smoked pig products. Even finer then bacon, for some, proscuitto is shown in the 1 picture is the ultimate in pig , but being unsmoked welll....... anyway...But the author blashphemed as he made a veggie version using cucumbers. Cucumber is reserved only for making tsaziki sauce to be slathered over Gyro meat and other lamb products (they don't have enough fat in them), and I sometimes for festivals add crushed bacom to my sauce. Thank you again for the alert to new uses for old products..

Aug 8, 2011. 12:07 PMtheawesomeninja says:
Indeed the cucumber works but!!! it is still bacon that stands superior! Hail Bacon! King of Meats! (and meets)
Apr 4, 2011. 1:03 PMelijahlucian says:
how much for the girl?
Mar 20, 2011. 7:06 PM1spartan95 says:
Just watched Dead Poets Society, I need one of these!
Nov 7, 2010. 3:50 PMcoppeis says:
Can you play one with braces?
Aug 5, 2010. 3:51 PMMorriscow says:
ITS SNOOPY!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 5, 2009. 4:41 PMhungyhipo 2 says:
weird because last time I checked I never knew how to get bamboo
Mar 16, 2010. 1:00 PMdanm95 says:

I go to places with bamboo forests and  cut some!
 

Dec 29, 2009. 6:56 PMdrbill says:
Mozzeltov
Nov 14, 2009. 5:58 PMPentacle says:
Very cool. Nice hair, by the way.
Nov 5, 2009. 5:54 AMbagyourblues says:
judging by the materials, is it safe for me to assume you are also a bassoonist?
Sep 4, 2009. 7:08 AMhellgator83 says:
the jews harp is also known as a jaw harp.. wikipedia
Aug 30, 2009. 12:54 PMVulcanator says:
UR A JEW...? or did u steal the idea from a jewish musician?
Jul 7, 2009. 11:03 AMdaninja says:
Don't you mean Jaw Harp? Maybe it's just where i come from.
Jul 11, 2009. 3:14 AMnecropolian says:
It can be Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp.
Aug 25, 2009. 8:19 PMstickmop says:
aka Juice Harp.
Aug 17, 2009. 6:34 PMbushkiwi says:
Thank you for sharing this! It sounds Great! I am going to have a go at making some with my 4 home-schooled children!! : )
Jul 10, 2009. 7:04 AMsame23 says:
I think this <a href="http://www.readymade.com/projects">Do it yourself</a> project is a great way to invest your time. Who would have thought that you could make a harp out of bamboo?
Jul 25, 2009. 3:09 PMmg0930mg says:
link fail.

Add bracket hen a space then the word diy then end bracket.

example
Jul 10, 2009. 11:03 AMcyberpageman says:
For me, the music didn't start until half way through the file, but when it did, it was great. Thanks for the instructable.
Jul 3, 2009. 5:09 PMluvit says:
will this attract rats? i;d like a cheap way to scare rats.
Jul 10, 2009. 10:41 AMcasey321b says:
get a gun and shoot at them... it would scare them...
Jul 5, 2009. 7:38 AMalex-sharetskiy says:
mix borax with some sort of food rats like to eat, then feed it to the rats
Jul 3, 2009. 1:16 PMdpr says:
how do u play the harp there is no thing that u can pluck
Jul 3, 2009. 11:47 AMBisquick the ninja says:
Does it actually make sound?
Jul 3, 2009. 1:18 PMdpr says:
dangit i made it with a reed and not bamboo and it doesnt work
Jul 2, 2009. 6:00 PMguiks says:
Haha... This is just like the "berimbau de boca" that we have here on brasil...
Jul 2, 2009. 4:47 PMfuzvulf says:
No, no, we want to see the woman in the first picture playing it in video >:o) nice instructable.
Jul 2, 2009. 4:18 PMPatchIsCooking says:
Could you put a video up of how a bamboo one sounds? I know how a metal one sounds, but is there a difference in sound in a bamboo one? Also, who is the woman in the first picture? She's cute. :)
Jul 2, 2009. 12:36 PMpie popper says:
Yeah, pretty cool but it would be better if there was a video
Jul 2, 2009. 9:15 AMoklaoma says:
wahhh so awsome too bad there's no video I don't know how it sounds like
Jul 2, 2009. 11:05 AM4th guy says:
Jul 2, 2009. 10:49 AMArkarinum says:
There are some videos with it's sound in youtube, search for Jew's Harp. I just found it cool :)
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