Ocarina airway the width of a popsicle stick
#anythingbutmetric
Was reading how to make a wooden #ocarina out of curiosity and boredom, and I think the airway should be 1 cm? Seen popsicle sticks vary from 1 to 3 cm so far, including from a specific brand with varying widths in a same stick, and I don’t see how more space would fit the mouthpiece.
Still, every other measure so far used a standardized unit, usually in inches and the sort, so the “Popsicle stick” unit caught me by surprise. e.e"
Sauce of the article:
https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Make-A-Wooden-Ocarina/
What actually is a popsicle?
[Edit] I looked it up. It’s the American word for Ice Lolly (or an Ice Block or Ice Pole in the antipodes)
So they mean Ice Lolly Sticks, and I guess the common flat ones with rounded ends, rather than the round ones or the ones sort of shaped like a double-ended spoon.
Sure everyone knows what popsicle sticks are, you can by them at any crafts store. But few remember the popsicle itself, the extinct species of flightless bird from whose leg bones popsicle sticks were traditionally carved. Today the sticks are usually made of wood instead.