According to Crawford Young, one way is to strip off the feathery part from the stem on the THIN end of an eagle feather. This gives a cylindrical flexible stem about the thickness of a g string on a classical guitar. In fact he often uses a G string in practice so as not to wear out his feathers. I found a really interesting point about this: it doesn't require a certain angle the way a flat pick does so your hand can be in any number of positions. I think other people will be able to describe techniques for splitting a feather and making a risha type device. cheers,
On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:31 AM, Doc Rossi wrote: > Could anyone give me instructions and/or advice on making a quill > plectrum? or perhaps direct me to the archive if this has come up > already. I have a good selection of feathers now and don't want to > waste them experimenting. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
