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Re: Nature recording 101

Subject: Re: Nature recording 101
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:59:28 -0800
>The commercial zeps look like they're made from some kind of perforated
>metal or plastic, although I've yet to handle one.  Would window screening
>work?   Thinking of a light wood or wire frame to support it.  Just as a
>starting point.
>
>Ken

Lyman Miller taught us at the Nature Sounds Society to make 
windscreen foundations out of "hardware cloth," that's the 1/4" 
squares galvanized metal mesh.

http://www.dandugan.com/downloads/652-Lyman's-mikes.jpg

For small windscreens, like for lavaliers, I got some plastic mesh 
eggs from a craft supply store on the web (Annie's Attic) that look 
pretty good (more closed than the metal mesh).

http://www.dandugan.com/downloads/plastic-canvas-forms.jpg

-Dan Dugan


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