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how to make a bird's quill risha
thanks to the excellent, well informed and extremely generous alex on the mandolin.cafe site, here's a photo illustrated, step by step method for
making quill risha:
http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=6;t=1508...
these are short, split quill plectra - if anyone has photos illustrating how to make longer, whole quill risha, please let me know.
- bill
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Bill
Will this risha make my playing better or sound more profesional or make the life of my strings longer?
Thanks
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Emad
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... yep' - and just think of all the birds you'll pull!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by billkilpatrick
... yep' - and just think of all the birds you'll pull! |
so this is your area of experience .. good to know Bill
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pure nostalgia, alas ... i plucked my last oiseau years ago.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by billkilpatrick
pure nostalgia, alas ... i plucked my last oiseau years ago. |
Dear Billy, this method described on mandolin café, have nothing in common with the Iraqi way of making eagle risha. I don't even use the same part
of the quill!
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great! plurality! ... just the sort of thing i'm looking for - do you have an illustrated method for making risha the iraqi way or know where i might
find one?
regards - bill
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| Quote: | Originally posted by billkilpatrick
great! plurality! ... just the sort of thing i'm looking for - do you have an illustrated method for making risha the iraqi way or know where i might
find one?
regards - bill |
I can arrange it for you, I do not have any ¨raw¨ eagle quill myself now but can provide information from a friend which means photos and detailed
info. I've posted some photos here on this forum of my eagle risha and is a very different kind of risha than the one showed on mandolin café or btw
any of the quill plectra used for medieval lute.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ronny Andersson
... btw any of the quill plectra used for medieval lute. |
perfect. historically speaking, i expect the quill was a source of more than one design - i'd like to know all i can. thanks alot ronny.
- bill
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hey, ronny-
my fiance has a million eagle feathers (she's native american (yaqui)) how do you make a traditional Iraqi risha? which part of the quill do you use?
how stiff is the final product? just wonderin'.
tarik
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tarik -
lucky you (on both counts). you both may not be aware of it but it's my understanding that in the united states it's against the law for anyone OTHER
than a native american to sell eagles' feathers. sending them through the mail might involve you all sorts of wildlife protection ... i believe the
word is ... "issues."
be real nice to that girl, excentric ...
ciao - bill
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thanks bill,
trust me, I know, shes afraid to even travel to out of state powwows with her eagle feathers... crazy, I asked and I'm gonna use a wild goose feather
that she has. I'll post when I start my little project.
one love guys,
Tarik
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What about a bird fly?  )
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| Quote: | Originally posted by excentrik
thanks bill,
trust me, I know, shes afraid to even travel to out of state powwows with her eagle feathers... crazy, I asked and I'm gonna use a wild goose feather
that she has. I'll post when I start my little project.
one love guys,
Tarik |
If you wish to make a risha or Iraqi style, than is only eagle quill suitable. Predator birds feathers are different and stronger than goose feathers.
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Ronny
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Hawk feathers? Falcon? are all predator bird feathers around the same density and strength? thanks again-
Tarik
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| Quote: | Originally posted by excentrik
Hawk feathers? Falcon? are all predator bird feathers around the same density and strength? thanks again-
Tarik |
Their feathers are to small and weak.
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i made a very thin risha from the horn you sent me - very similar in flexability to what i image a quill would be.
down strokes are ok - a little piano - but up-strokes are very unsatisfactory, hardly makes a sound. i don't know if it's my unfamiliarity with the
up-stroke that causes this or the material itself.
- bill
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| Quote: | Originally posted by billkilpatrick
i made a very thin risha from the horn you sent me - very similar in flexability to what i image a quill would be.
down strokes are ok - a little piano - but up-strokes are very unsatisfactory, hardly makes a sound. i don't know if it's my unfamiliarity with the
up-stroke that causes this or the material itself.
- bill |
I've tried this to Bill and with good result but is impossible to get a horn risha ¨react¨ as a eagle quill risha of Iraqi style.
The rishas I made were very slim and thinn and produced very good sound on both down and uppstroke.
Best wishes
Ronny
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