DIY Bamboo Jew's Harp.

 by pedro8
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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 1: What you need.

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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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bogdan.b says: May 12, 2013. 12:27 PM
So I read this instructable yesterday and today I decided to make a bamboo jew's harp for myself. Unfortunately I relied only on my memory and I screwed up, of course.
Actually I cut the slim part of the languet and I forgot about taping the ends of the bamboo. Of course the bamboo ripped apart and I got angry...
But, because I wanted a jew's harp, I made one from a plastic spoon's handle, BUT tomorrow I want to give the bamboo another shot :) Wish me good luck!
Thanks for the instructable, by the way!!!
aebe says: Apr 21, 2013. 7:58 PM
I like it ! Got some hickory around here , maybe a piece of maple . No Bamboo .
Have been trying to find something like a dan moi , a Vietnamese harp.. But your work is enough to be well begun .
Thank You , Aebe
kisses for me says: Jul 1, 2012. 5:55 AM
it sounds cool
spark master says: Mar 11, 2011. 7:44 AM
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
theawesomeninja in reply to spark masterAug 4, 2011. 9:33 PM
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...
spark master in reply to theawesomeninjaAug 4, 2011. 10:24 PM
(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
theawesomeninja in reply to spark masterAug 5, 2011. 9:47 PM
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
spark master in reply to theawesomeninjaAug 8, 2011. 11:15 AM
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..

theawesomeninja in reply to spark masterAug 8, 2011. 12:07 PM
Indeed the cucumber works but!!! it is still bacon that stands superior! Hail Bacon! King of Meats! (and meets)
elijahlucian says: Apr 4, 2011. 1:03 PM
how much for the girl?
1spartan95 says: Mar 20, 2011. 7:06 PM
Just watched Dead Poets Society, I need one of these!
coppeis says: Nov 7, 2010. 3:50 PM
Can you play one with braces?
Morriscow says: Aug 5, 2010. 3:51 PM
ITS SNOOPY!!!!!!!!!!!
hungyhipo 2 says: Jul 5, 2009. 4:41 PM
weird because last time I checked I never knew how to get bamboo
danm95 in reply to hungyhipo 2Mar 16, 2010. 1:00 PM

I go to places with bamboo forests and  cut some!
 

Dr.Bill says: Dec 29, 2009. 6:56 PM
Mozzeltov
Pentacle says: Nov 14, 2009. 5:58 PM
Very cool. Nice hair, by the way.
bagyourblues says: Nov 5, 2009. 5:54 AM
judging by the materials, is it safe for me to assume you are also a bassoonist?
hellgator83 says: Sep 4, 2009. 7:08 AM
the jews harp is also known as a jaw harp.. wikipedia
Vulcanator says: Aug 30, 2009. 12:54 PM
UR A JEW...? or did u steal the idea from a jewish musician?
daninja says: Jul 7, 2009. 11:03 AM
Don't you mean Jaw Harp? Maybe it's just where i come from.
necropolian in reply to daninjaJul 11, 2009. 3:14 AM
It can be Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp.
stickmop in reply to necropolianAug 25, 2009. 8:19 PM
aka Juice Harp.
bushkiwi says: Aug 17, 2009. 6:34 PM
Thank you for sharing this! It sounds Great! I am going to have a go at making some with my 4 home-schooled children!! : )
same23 says: Jul 10, 2009. 7:04 AM
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?
mg0930mg in reply to same23Jul 25, 2009. 3:09 PM
link fail.

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

example
cyberpageman says: Jul 10, 2009. 11:03 AM
For me, the music didn't start until half way through the file, but when it did, it was great. Thanks for the instructable.
luvit says: Jul 3, 2009. 5:09 PM
will this attract rats? i;d like a cheap way to scare rats.
casey321b in reply to luvitJul 10, 2009. 10:41 AM
get a gun and shoot at them... it would scare them...
Sandisk1duo in reply to luvitJul 5, 2009. 7:38 AM
mix borax with some sort of food rats like to eat, then feed it to the rats
dpr says: Jul 3, 2009. 1:16 PM
how do u play the harp there is no thing that u can pluck
pedro8 (author) in reply to dprJul 3, 2009. 2:40 PM
You have to catch the languet with your finger and pull it to the outside. You can see howI do in the video, but it's just my technique, I don't know if it's the better one...
Bisquick the ninja says: Jul 3, 2009. 11:47 AM
Does it actually make sound?
pedro8 (author) in reply to Bisquick the ninjaJul 3, 2009. 2:37 PM
Yes of course, it's make good sound, but I can post video for this one because I offer it at one friend. In the video it's my first one, thesound is not so good but I like it.
dpr says: Jul 3, 2009. 1:18 PM
dangit i made it with a reed and not bamboo and it doesnt work
pedro8 (author) says: Jul 3, 2009. 2:03 AM
I would like put a video, but actually I don'y really know how to do...
So I will try, but can't promise anything.
And the girl in the picture is my girlfriend, that true, she's cute
guiks says: Jul 2, 2009. 6:00 PM
Haha... This is just like the "berimbau de boca" that we have here on brasil...
fuzvulf says: Jul 2, 2009. 4:47 PM
No, no, we want to see the woman in the first picture playing it in video >:o) nice instructable.
PatchIsCooking says: Jul 2, 2009. 4:18 PM
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. :)
pie popper says: Jul 2, 2009. 12:36 PM
Yeah, pretty cool but it would be better if there was a video
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