Are they still available?

Hey there Dave. I'll be at the park in Y'ville today and will check the manufacturers info on the tags there and get back to you. I tried a quick google on it without positive results. BTW we now have baskets on 9 of the 18 holes and will be installing the other nine as soon as the locks arrive. If you are passing through play a quick round. Yadkinville is definitely not the same old course. Jamie

yadkinville has baskets!!!!
thats great to hear, I will be playing there soon im sure !

how far is it from hickory??

as far as tube tones i've only seen them at the humboldt state university course and they looked hand made, was, or is there a manufacturer of these devices?

I also did some internet research some time back trying to find Tube Tone targets but had no luck. I am very interested in trying to acquire seeveral for the National Disc Golf Center. We are trying to get one of every target ever manufactured to put in the putting park at the Center.

I also thought Tube Tones would be great for the driving range. They could be installed at different distances, giving the thrower something to aim at and a little audible feedback if hit.

If anyone would like to donate a Tube Tone to our National Disc Golf Center or knows anyone who would be willing to sell one or several, please e-mail me at:

nationaldgcenter@pdga.com

Ras/Willie

Yup, Y'ville is basketing into the 21st century. And another yup on manufactured Tube Tones. Y'ville is about 45 minutes from Hickory with easy access off U.S.421. If you are headed this way drop me an e-mail and we'll give you a tour. Jamie

Almost every tone pole I've ever seen was homemade. Metal tube cut and screwed to a pole! The Redwood Curtain in Arcata, CA (at Humboldt State University) has 17 of 19 holes made like this. And they are very effective.

The KOA course in Willits, CA used to have and still may have a tone pole. This one was unique because it had chains dangling from it. It seemed more machine/mass produced. I bet Magilla would have more info on this.

Yes, I think having them on a driving range would be great! And perhaps safer b/c you could also spread them out so not everybody is shooting at the same target!

Moody has them on his driving range, and they do have 3-4 chains on them......

I seem to recall there used to be some manufaturer that sold them, in the DGWN.....

We are trying to get one of every target ever manufactured to put in the putting park at the Center.



Good luck getting a Pinop. :)

Checked all the tube tones still in the ground yesterday and none have the original manufacturers ID badge on them. The others are under lock and key. I'll be able to check those this weekend as we assemble the new baskets. Also the phrase Tube Tone Concepts is rattling around in my brain. Google it and see what ya get. There's an Austin address and phone number with it. Jamie

We are trying to get one of every target ever manufactured to put in the putting park at the Center.



Good luck getting a Pinop. :)



You can't have my "Hoser", either! :p

But you can have my chicken wire basket!

Would love to see a "Culvert" (TM) installed! :D

I know of a manufacturer of these things. In fact I ran into him just last week at Circle R Wimberley on January 1st! He said he's got some financial backing now and is going to be starting up operations very soon.

I can't wait to see (well...hear actually) one of these things in action! :D

Could someone explain what this thing is? :confused:

It's a pipe with chains hanging from it, but no basket. If you hit the chains, it makes a tone, so it's clear that you holed out.

they don't always have chains, do they? The key is that the top part is bigger than the pole and acts like a bell when the disc hits it.

There was a Tube Tone (Tone Pole?) course in Bozeman, MT that was removed a year or so ago, due to serious erosion problems. Maybe someone from there that monitors this board knows what happened to the targets.

I believe that "Tube Tone" was a brand name, and yes, they had chains. It is easy to make a knock-off without chains, as Rhett describes that works very well, but that would probably violate a copyright, similar to the one that says we play "disc golf", not "frisbee golf".

We use a really low-budget version of those for some holes here. Ours are just a 5-gallon plastic bucket (like for paint, or restaurant amounts of mayonnaise) screwed loosely onto the top of a metal pole. If your shot hits the bucket, you get both auditory and visual confirmation, because even if you don't see the hit, the bucket will rock back and forth for several seconds. Of course, the sound isn't as pleasing as a bell, but it's fairly loud and unmistakable. The other advantage of these bucket targets is that they're extremely portable.

http://tubetoneconcepts.com/
Just stumbled across this

Geez, starting at $225? Unless that's in Zimbabwae dollars, there are several baskets on the market that are competive with that.

I gotta say .. I'm shocked at those prices! :eek:

that is a pretty rediculous price concidering what materials are involved to make one.

Hey all.

Here's a link to a picture of some tones we've been circulating out in Alberta for the last 10 years. These tones are great! They were made locally, so not orderable, but they were cheap to make.

I don't have the specs, but they were made of roughly 1/4" or 3/8" thick steel and galvinized. There is a bar made of the same 1/4" or 3/8" metal welded across the top with a hole in it. We use a pressure treated wooden post and one threaded bolt in the top and voila!!! I think they are roughly 2.5 to 3' tall.

These things sound great when aced. No problem hearing blind aces with these puppies.

These tones last forever and have been installed in 3 different blaces throughout the past 10 yrs. The attached pic is from Drummheller. Check out the rest of the pics.

Tone Pic (that's Ben Poole from Texas. He won this tourney)
web page (http://68.151.43.55/tours/Drumheller03/images/IM001305.jpg)

Check out more Drumheller pics (there's some more pics of the tones here):
web page (http://members.shaw.ca/thrilldisc/gallery.html)

Cheers!!!

Found another tone pole sight.

http://www.disconcepts.com/tone_tubes.htm