* The Flutes *
 
This page lists each of the hand crafted flutes that are currently available for purchase. The sound file for each flute is recorded with a mild echo effect. Upon request, a flat, or dry version can be forwarded to you via E-mail.

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Ancient Kauri Em / Vieja Linda, second series, #2 of 3...Free Domestic Shipping
Before addressing this build, I should outline the characteristics of some of the materials used.

This New Zealand Kauri is bogwood. The variety is indigenous to New Zealand, and is approximately 5 ... more

Curly Maple Alt. Drone F#m...Price reduced & Free domestic shipping
This sequentially alternating drone flute is 22-3/4” in length, with bore diameters approximating one inch. The mouthpiece is shaped from laminates of dyed/stabilized box elder burl, between layers o ... more
Silver Ebony F#m..Free domestic shipping
This organically hardened, vacuum colorized New Zealand Radiata pine flute is 22-3/16th inches in length, with a one inch bore diameter.

The mouthpiece consists of stabilized, twice dyed box elder ... more

Poplar G#m...Free domestic shipping
This G# flute is 18-15/16 inches in length, with a one inch bore diameter. The woods/materials for the mouthpiece include dyed/stabilized Box Elder burl, between layers of Southeast Asian Amboyna burl ... more
Curly Honduran Mahogany Alt. Drone- Am. Free domestic shipping (SOLD)
This alternating drone flute is 18-3/4” in length, with 7/8” diameter sound chambers. It is crafted from Honduran (genuine) Mahogany.

The twin hole mouthpiece is shaped from Mexican cocobolo, betw ... more

Curly spalted maple burl Fm....Reduced+ free domestic shipping
At 21-9/16” in length, with a 1” bore diameter, this flute is from my “crouching coyote” series. …. Just kidding, I don’t have a crouching coyote series. I just don’t like tall fetish blocks. I tried ... more
Spalted Maple Burl oval Em...Price reduced & free domestic shipping
This was an interesting project. During the time spent building this flute, it spoke to me in about 9 different languages. Unfortunately, I only understood two of them.

Built from very lively maple ... more

camphor Burl Am...Free domestic shipping (SOLD)
Burls, opals, and diamonds…..This camphor burl Am flute is 17-1/2” in length, with a 7/8” bore diameter. As is typical of camphor or cinnamon burl, we have another flute that smells like root beer. It ... more
Poplar G#m...Free Domestic Shipping
This Poplar flute is 19-13/16ths inches in length with a one inch bore diameter. Woods used in the mouthpiece include California Buckeye burl, between layers of Cambodian flame wood, capped with the p ... more
Curly Maple Em...Free Domestic Shipping
This flute has an overall length of 25-3/4” with a one inch bore diameter. The harvest location of the maple is unknown. Woods used consist of maple, between layers of SE Asian amboyna burl, capped wi ... more
Curly Walnut G#m...Price reducted+Free domestic shipping
This walnut flute is 19-1/8th inches in length with a one inch bore diameter. Various woods used include a mouthpiece consisting of maple burl, between layers of Mexican cocobolo, capped with the curl ... more
Blue Mahoe D#m...Price reduced+Free domestic shipping
Interesting material. I’m not even sure it counts as wood. Native to Jamaica and Cuba, it is very rare, and comes from the giant hibiscus, which I think is a bush. Prior to adding a mouthpiece, this m ... more
Ca. Buckeye Burl F#m...Free domestic shipping (SOLD)
This California buckeye burl flute is 22 inches in length, with a 7/8ths inch bore diameter (approximately). I indicate approximately because the build entailed boring/routing through a rock that is s ... more
Philippine Paldao F minor....Price reduced+Free domestic shipping
One of my favorite woods, this hardwood loves to become a flute. It has a 1” bore diameter, and an overall length of 22-1/2”.

The mouthpiece includes laminates of Macassar Ebony, between layers of ... more

Wingshadow Condor Dm...Price reduced +Free domestic shipping
As noted in my blog entries of February, and June, This is a flute built by Greg Jones of Eugene Or. A stunning work, both on visual and auditory levels.

This Condor flute is crafted from Old Growt ... more

Curly Maple Burl Gm... Free domestic shipping (SOLD)
This flute is 19-1/8 inches in length, with a 1” bore diameter. The mouthpiece consists of laminates of Macassar Ebony between layers of SE Asian Amboyna burl, and African wenge. This laminate is cap ... more
Curly Acacia Koa F#m...Free domestic shipping
This flute is 20-11/16” in length, with a 7/8” bore diameter. The mouthpiece is a laminate of SE Asian amboyna between layers of maple, and capped with this Hawaiian koa.

Two fetish blocks were cut ... more

Curly Maple F#m...Free Domestic Shipping
Without intention, this flute’s materials began looking like a tribute to the natural resources of Mexico. Materials include Mexican cocobolo, Mexican fire agate, Mexican boulder opal, and Mexican fir ... more
Oklahoma Red Cedar Fm...Free Domestic Shipping (SOLD)
This Fm flute is 21-11/16” in length with a one inch bore diameter. In addition to the cedar, New Zealand Kauri bog wood was used at the mouthpiece, compression chamber, and cut as the fetish. This tr ... more
Red Mystery Oak...F#m... Price reduced + free domestic shipping
After 2 ½ years, this is the fourth and last flute I can make from this material, and to some degree, I’m pretty happy about that. Red oak is already pretty hard, but the mystery mineralization throug ... more
Rainbow Poplar Fm... Free domestic shipping
Another instrument crafted from a wood generously characterized by the lumber peddler as “Rainbow Poplar”. If these folks see rainbows that look like this wood, ……it’s time to move.

However, it is ... more

Haungana Negra (Peru) Fm...Free domestic shipping (SOLD)
This is one of those woods that was hoping to become a billiard ball or bowling pin. A very hard wood. The flute is 22 ¾” in length, with a 1” bore diameter.

The mouthpiece for the flute consists o ... more

Rainbow Poplar F minor...Price reduced+Free domestic shipping (SOLD)
This is another flute from the land where apparently, rainbows are a greenish brown. It’s time to move. I will probably never understand why the highly mineralized moisture uptake of a tree gets to be ... more