hobby #110

Tongue Drum Tuning

Shaping and tuning the steel tongues of a tank drum (hank drum) to precise musical pitches using angle grinder cuts, file work, and careful material removal. Each tongue's note depends on its length, width, and thickness — remove too much and the pitch goes sharp with no way back.

Apr 23 4:11 AM #110 4 min

One Semitone Past the Point of No Return

Tongue Drum Tuning

Flattening a note takes seconds. Raising it takes forty-five minutes. Guess which way I overshot.

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