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Sacred Spirit flutes
These flutes are individually designed and hand-shaped with particular care and attention to their aesthetic look. Their tuning and tonal qualities are also refined to give a concert-quality instrument. While these flutes are based on traditional NA designs, there is a considerable range of styles and designs within the series.
The majority of these flutes are built from red or yellow cedars, although American white oak and quilted maple is also used for the hardwood side of the range, and cedar of lebanon provides a very distinctive 'upper end' to the range. The western and eastern red cedar woods, and the cedar of lebanon, are carefully chosen for their 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 (walnut, cherry, maple) following a theme, eg. hummingbird, bear or eagle. The white oak flutes are usually inlayed with veneer work along the barrel. Black walnut is often used for end-caps, but you can choose your own combinations!
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Eastern red cedar in Em; a favourite flute, with outstanding figuring in the wood and a very rich, traditional cedar sound.
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Eastern red cedar in Gm; inlayed (not glued on!) rippled sycamore bands and a carved purpleheart heron head make this a very distinctive flute. |
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Western red cedar in Fm; a simple flute with pyrography decoration, tuning holes and an unusually large voice box and wide flue, giving a loud clear sound.
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All the flutes have nests, although the fipple, flue and sound hole designs vary. For most, the flue is cut in the body (woodlands-style), but by combining a range of flue, slow air vent and sound-hole widths, fipple edge styles and flue ramp characteristics, it is possible to provide flutes that are either particularly loud or soft, breathy or clear, edgy or sweet, easily overblown or highly stable, according to the player's wishes.
These flutes are available in keys from D to G#.
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Hummingbird flute; a simple but elegant yellow cedar flute in F#m with 4 traditional tuning holes, a cherry-wood hummingbird block and 'bird in flight' painted barrel. Click image to enlarge. |
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Cedar of Lebanon flute in Gm; beautifully patterned wood with black walnut mouth end cap and bird block. |
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American white oak in Gm; cut across heart and sapwood to bring out the beautiful grain, with burn rings and lacewood bird. |
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American white oak, low E maj; inlayed with veneer and stylized woodpecker block. |
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Please feel free to call or email if you would like any more details on the above flute range. And remember, this range can be customised to your own requirements. Prices for Sacred Spirit flutes start from £125 (inc. cloth case) plus shipping.
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