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Welcome to Second Voice, Native American style flutes, individually handmade in England using a wide range soft and hardwoods indigenous to the UK, as well as the finest traditional US woods.
And welcome to what I hope will start you, or help progress you, on your flute journey. From a strange sequence of unplanned events, I came to make my first Native American style cedar flute on Dartmoor in 2002 under the superb guidance of Nigel Shaw and Guillermo Martinez. With the first notes that I managed to produce from it, I immediately realised that I had been granted a precious gift. Making these haunting, melodic instruments has since then become a spiritual and practical life path, and a way of giving the trees whose wood I use a second voice. All of this, including my work, philosophy and spirit as a flutemaker, is outlined in the Introduction page.
As I have developed as a flutemaker, so has the range of flutes I make. The flutes shown in the Galleries are a small selection and simply there as examples; you can choose whatever combination of characteristics you would like, as I handcraft each flute to the player. The Little Owl and Buzzard series are ideal first flutes, straight-forward and very affordable. Some of the most recent and expressive carved and crafted flutes are shown on the Custom and Gathering flute pages, while the Healing flute page shows how crystal and flute energies can be combined to provide a powerful source of spiritual relaxation.
I make flutes for anyone and everyone, from novice players to professional recording artists, from private individuals to Reiki and Sound Therapy practitioners. So, whether you are already a flute player, a musician or a complete novice looking to expand musical horizons, someone looking for an easy-to-play instrument that sings to the soul, a collector of traditional instruments, or just a lover of art in wood, please feel free to browse and to make contact at any time, either for more information, to buy, or just to talk about wooden flutes.
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Take a look at the ever-growing recently updated
Custom and Healing Flute galleries
New Blocks and Artwork page for those
looking to really customize their flute
New Gathering Flutes for stage,
ceremony and public performance
New design Bass Drones -
easy to hold and play and NOT V-shaped!
Beginners Little Owl 5 & 6 hole flutes
to accompany the John Vames tutorial book and CD
Starter tutorial packs for new players
free with each flute
Audio clips of flutes now on the Hear the Flutes page,
further sound files are available on request
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ENTER HERE: Introduction Galleries Workshop
Blocks & Artwork Ordering & Contact Thanks & Links
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The Owlhouse • Milford • Surrey • UK • dc@secondvoiceflutes.co.uk
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