Sorry Mr T I didn't mean to anger you I am searching for knowlege I know your calls do not stick your turkey call I received has yet to stick.

does the length of the tone board determing what sound it will be like a shorter tone board a higher pitch or louder pitch??

guess i should of read all the posts there you answerd my question a couple posts ago

whats the bell hallow?? is that where the air channel under the reed flow into the bell itself??

This is great a guy that makes great calls is willing to share his gift and knowledge how with rest of us and to entertain us in the process of making a call.

i agree asmith and the call he made my brother (elkhorn) is one of the purest sounding howlers there is.. and for him to take time and walk through the steps of building a call and answering our questions is just unbelivable what a great man

Not angered at all ASmith. It was a good question...I was just having some fun with you. To me, a toneboard that sticks under pressure is like having a bolt action rifle that the bolt sticks and jams. Useless in the field.

Mikeymike, Yes the air channel length will determine the pitch. Basically, the sound is produced by the reed slapping the toneboard. The longer the reed...the more travel up and down, thus a lower sound frequency/pitch. The shorter a reed, the shorter the travel....thus, higher frequency. Good question. The barrel hollow is the end of the call that I bored out...the exhaust.


Ok, the air channels have been cut on these and drilled them to allow air all the way through. I tested them and 5 of them had to be taken back to the sander and do some work on the tip end.




Here's an example of a toneboard that is too flat and one too steep.



The top one is too flat. Very easy to blow, but locks up under pressure, due to not enough arc in the toneboard.

The bottom one can handle a ton of pressure, but due to being so steep, it is hard to blow.

Both of these are going to re-meet the sanding disk and get new toneboard arcs.

I'm recording a couple samples of cottontail -vs- jackrabbit ones now...

Tony

Hey mikeymike your stealing my thunder I am trying to suck up!

sorry asmith forgive me will ya dont mean to try and steal your thunder just trying to get some of my own

Ok, here is a recording of two of the calls. I'm just holding a piece of reed material on them. This is the same reed and I switch it to each call between the two sounds.

Cottontail -vs- Jackrabbit Recording

Ya'll can hear these sound files, correct?

Tony

I am starting to see now the flater the board more likely lock up more curve more foregiving of locking up yes or no

those sound sweet

I have a choice of American Idol or Mr T i have made the right choice this too much fun.

You got it ASmith. There's a fine balance between too steep and too flat. Hit it right, and you get a toneboard that's easy to blow and can handle all the pressure you can put on it. Hit it even better, and you'll get rasp and harmonics (multiple pitches at the same time). To me, that's what makes one call seem to produce over others.

Tony