Alphorn Experiment

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1 Concept and Design

Several months ago an old friend of mine stumbled upon the idea that he would like an Alphorn so he asked me if I would be interested in making one...

2 Making the Bell

As I mentioned in part one, I initially started with just 4 slices of the bell. I decided to use some nice straight grained SPF 2x8 I found at Lo...

3 Making the Straight Sections

From a design perspective the straight sections were much simpler than the bell. Each section was divided into two identical halves so I just need...

4 Joining the Straight Sections

I am finally getting around to posting the next chapter. So the next step was figuring out how to join the sections so that they were both secure ...

5 Joining and Completing the Bell

The last step before applying a finish to everything was completing the bell. As I mentioned at the end of Chapter 2 about making the bell on my C...