A zink is an old wind instrument, the are rare, and only to see in museums, where they can
not be touched, and least of all played on. Thats why I made my own zink, first a
tree of the right shape is to be found..
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| Coarse shaping the instrument. | Splitting in two halfparts | Chiseling out |
After cutting the tree, and allowing it to dry for 2 years, the instrument was coarse shaped with a compass saw. Then it was split in two halfparts, and made hollow by chiseling out the excess wood.
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| Cluing the halfparts | Drilling the fingerholes | Staining and lacquer finish (shellac) |
After hollowing the instrument, the two halfparts were clued together again, making use of all the clamps i had. Finger holes were made, and the surface stained several times, and then having 7 treatments with shellac.
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| Grinding the inner side | Applying mouthpiece reciever | Tuning in by means of frequncy counter |
The two halfparts can not be ecspected to fit perfectly. Grinding the inside makes sure the bore is round. A mouthpiece reciever was made, and put on warm, this makes sure it will fit tight. Finally the zink was tuned with a frewuency counter.
And here it is.
And it does play