Flute 365 – Day 41 – She came and made a flute
A friend of ours came to our house and made her own flute under my tutelage.
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Checkout My Basket: £0.00 0 itemsA friend of ours came to our house and made her own flute under my tutelage.
Following a snap in the body of this flute, I put in an ash piece and made an absolutely stunning (though I say it myself) flute which is now with an extremely happy owner. Bubinga is an exotic wood which is incredibly dense and hard… but as you can see has amazing grain.
Some genuinely lovely grain coming through on this flute…
Some of my flutes on display at a local show…
Some way through turning a new flute…
Tuning needs to be done when the temperature is between 17-21°C – no chance of doing anything meaningful this afternoon!
When you want the flute to perform well, you have to make sure air can move freely inside. That means it needs to be super smooth…
As of today, the “Custom Order” facility of my site has been beefed up with three “ranges” you can order from. The Buffalo Grass range is the starting point; it’s only £80 (fixed). You get to choose the key of the flute within a certain range and I do the rest; it’s finished in a […]
This is a flute about to meet its new owner.
The Dremel is a vital tool – shown here with a grinding attachment but has many, many tools used in flute making.