Yes, my grandfather did the same thing (a bit earlier, probably late 1910s or early 20s, as he was born in 1908). He used a cyclindrical oatmeal box and wound c

Yes, my grandfather did the same thing (a bit earlier, probably late 1910s or early 20s, as he was born in 1908). He used a cyclindrical oatmeal box and wound copper around it to make a tuner. The story was immortalized in a book the Texas Governor's Committee on Again published in the 70s. https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Sampler-Donna-Bearden-Frucht/dp/B004Q1GF58 https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Sampler-Donna-Bearden-Frucht/dp...