There seems to be a typing mistake. The embouchure should have diameter of 2.8-3.2 centimeters, not millimeters. Perhaps that can be done DIY from an PVC pipe with an hot air gun or a gas burner to soften and shape the end.

"Participants received a standardised acrylic plastic didgeridoo that was developed by the instructor in collaboration with Creacryl GmbH (Ebmatingen, Zurich, Switzerland, and costs €80 (£43; $94), fig 1). The didgeridoo is 130 cm long with a diameter of 4 cm and an elliptical embouchure with a diameter of 2.8-3.2 mm. Acrylic didgeridoos are easier for beginners to learn on than conventional wooden didgeridoos."

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roel_v 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Perhaps that can be done DIY from an PVC pipe with an hot air gun or a gas burner to soften and shape the end."

When I used to make my own PVC didgeridoos, I would melt candle wax and then dip one end repeatedly into the wax to build up wax layers until it had the desired thickness and shape.

	▲	mark_l_watson 40 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Twenty years ago my neighbor, a retired surgeon, made me a PVC didgeridoo and did the wax buildup thing - I still mostly play that didgeridoo. Years later my wife bought me a traditional heavy didgeridoo from Australia, but it doesn’t play as well; still, when I played at a friend’s wedding I used the Australian one because it looks better :-)
	▲	smartial_arts 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiqEhJJqtbc
	▲	eth0up 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I had excellent results using a large section of black bamboo, though I forget the exact taxonomy (lako?). I meticulously beat out the segment walls, then with a rasp fastened to a long stick, filed down the ridges. After sanding, I finished it with oil based stain, which necessitated it living outdoors for a while. In the end it proved a fine primitive instrument. I gifted it to someone and miss it. I can attest to the therapeutic effects of mastering the didge. PVC works, but the acoustics do seem superior with actual plant material. Certainly the feel. Update: I used beeswax for the gob hole.

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andersmurphy 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah that should be 2.8-3.3cm for sure.

	▲	defrost 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For added fun, two tubes of roughly that size that air seal fit one inside the other makes for a slide didgeribone. addendum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1d7Eztj7Eg

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