Friday, 16 January 2009, 21:31
Yesterday, we finally got down to making the actual dizi! It was really hard, since we had to mark out the spots to drill and then actually drill it ourselves. I had trouble holding on to the bamboo since there was no clamp :( In the end, we had to drill a tiny little hole and then file it down to the correct size! Tiring and tedious. We actually could have used the knife, but then there would be a higher chance of the bamboo splitting, and we only got one shot at making the dizi. I was slow, and landed up only finishing 3 holes. Landed up going home to file the thing while watching TV!
Came back today with the 5 holes done and 7 more to do! Today, it seemed easier to drill the holes and to file them down to the correct size again. We drilled, filed, drilled and filed even more, and in the end managed to finish it quite fast. We also found out that its not so much about filing it to the same aize as the other dizis, but filing it until the pitch is correct and the moving on to the next holes. And we finally get to decorate the dizis on Monday with string or something like that :D
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