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The Flutes
There is such a vast range of styles, designs, keys, woods, voicing options and decorations that it would be impossible to give all combinations here. The series described below are the starting point only! Click on the series title and a detailed page will open; use 'The Flutes' menu link to return to this page. The prices for flutes are given at the bottom of each gallery page; the figures are starting prices for a basic flute and increase depending upon wood, scale, accents and other custom requirements. To see some examples of the range of totem blocks available, please go to the Finishing page by clicking HERE. Please see the Contact page for Ordering details.
Little Owl series - small 5-hole cedar flutes primarily for children, with hole size and position designed specially for little fingers and carved totem blocks bearing animals such as mice on cheese, bears, boats etc! The 6-hole versions are excellent for adult learners and complement tuition books and CDs.
Buzzard series - simple, precise, responsive, traditional NAFs made of western red, yellow, white Port Orford or aromatic eastern red cedar, with lathe-turned barrels and stylised bird or animal totem block.
Sacred Spirit series - individually designed, hand-shaped, concert quality, traditional NAFs built from red or yellow cedars or American white oak. The western and eastern red cedar woods are carefully chosen for their fragrance, patterning and graining which can be so striking that usually no extra decoration is needed. The yellow cedars are usually hand-painted with carved blocks.
Air Spirit (English) series - highly individual personal and concert flutes made from premium indigenous English hardwoods including oak, walnut, ash, hazel, beech, holly, alder, yew and rippled sycamore, often with contrasting endcaps, barrel-inlayed woods, and decorated by pyrography, painting or carving. Beautiful 6 and 7 hole creations with flowing lines and very distinctive rich, resonant sounds.
Gathering Flute series (new!) - a new range of flutes for special occasions and playing in public where a louder than normal flute is needed. These flutes retain the clear-note characteristic of SVF flutes, but have specially designed air flow and voicing suitable for playing on stage 'miked or unmiked', for ceremonial playing or just playing to a gathering round the tipi fire.
Healing Spirit series (new!) - flutes which have been carefully selected for their wood energy, containing healing crystals within their upper chamber; very powerful personal and ceremonial instruments for those interested in using flutes for healing.
Earth Spirit series - larger style, low-keyed NAFs (low A to Low D). Deep soulful, haunting tones from flutes made in either eastern red or yellow cedar or hard woods such as oak, ash and cherry.
Toucan series - double-barrelled drone and double-key flutes, usually made of specially imported eastern red or yellow cedar, quilted maple or rippled sycamore, inlayed with black walnut mouthpieces and ends, and decorated with hand-burned designs, painting or inlay. Bores are totally independent of each other, and playing both together produces haunting mystical sounds.
Tree Spirit (English) series - flutes made from tree branches, worked in one piece and hollowed by deep-bore drilling or traditional burning. These magical instruments retain the bark of the tree and are specially treated to minimise degeneration. All have detailed carved and painted birds such as woodpeckers, robinsand nuthatches for totem blocks.
Custom Flute series (new!) - a selection of special flutes and the stories behind their creation and use... and there's some very elaborate and interesting requests!
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Of course, in a way, all flutes are Custom Flutes - there's such a wide range of styles, woods and decoration available, including the treatment of the wood with aromatic oils, carved blocks, personal accents etc. These commissioned flutes are built entirely to client’s specifications and are completely individual. So, what's your flute vision...?
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