Thursday, 15 January 2009, 22:28
Sorry no pictures up!!! Anyway, yesterday after learning about Open Pipe/Closed Pipe theory and doing some math, we made our very first instrument... THE KOUDI! First we had to saw up the acrylic and it was SOOO hard to saw. Luckily for all of us, we had.. SHUFEN! Who handled that hacksaw like a pro and managed to saw cleanly, smoothly, and quickly (: After that we had to file the edges of the piece of acrylic and mark its centre before drilling. We found out that the success rate of making koudis are about 50%. And that I am a jinx/the drill hates me because while drilling, my piece of acrylic split. 4 times. ): ANYWAY, finally managed a good one! After that we sandpapered and buffed our koudi until it was nice and shiny (:
Today, after more theory about what the parts of the dizi, we had to set about the most difficult task of all. Actually MAKING the dizi. First we had to drill a tiny hole to ensure the bamboo would not split while drilling. But we needed a hole about double that size, and for safety reasons, we had to slowly file away at the hole until we got the correct size, instead of using a knife! It was a verrrry tedious job and I now have a newfound appreciation for Dizi makers. Today me and Shufen managed to finish up 5 holes! While the others brought home their dizis to finish up those holes. In total we have 12 holes so tomorrow's going to be a long daaay. But it's so exciting to actually be MAKING something with our hands and learning things! (:
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