Austrian manufacturer of "Carlidooskope" didgeridoos

Carl Jungwirth​, Who is he?

My name is Carl Jungwirth, I live in Austria. I mainly produce high-end didgeridoos in the concert class. The name "Carlidooskope" derives from the carleidoscope, which means something like (relating to beautiful pictures) and is composed of my nickname Carli, the didgeridoo and the telescope as a sliding slide mechanism. Carlidooskopes are made from local hardwoods with special tools and made from a single, whole trunk, without the body of the didgeridoo being cut.

My first aerophone was a garden hose that I used as a horn. At the age of 10 I learned the trumpet and at 16 I bought my first didgeridoo. I was immediately fascinated by the archaic sound of the didgeridoo, rich in nuances.

Comment Does Carl do his didgs?

For my concert class didgeridoos, I mainly use local hardwoods with a diameter of between 20 and 30 cm (apple, pear, walnut, maple, cherry...). Only a few other precious woods are used for the embellishment of the bell or the slide joint system. The didgeridoo is made by hand with special tools (from a single trunk and whole, without the body of the didgeridoo being cut or turned), until it reaches a wall thickness of 5-8 mm . . There are no limits to the design. The wood is sealed inside and out with a special oil-based varnish in several layers and polished to a high gloss. For the slide system, I use brass for the inserts, because this metal is widely used in musical instrument production and has better sound properties than others. The tubes are polished and adjusted by hand. The mouthpieces are made of bronze and stainless steel and also shaped by hand.