So this cedar F#m was the second of three planned experiments, in an effort to create a predictable process of generating a hardwood voice, from a soft wood. Last month’s flute and this instrument exceeded my expectations such...
This would be an Oklahoma red cedar Gm. It has a 7/8 inch bore, and an overall length of 20-1/2 inches. Outwardly, not particularly unusual or creative, but the first of three experiments wherein I’m attempting to achieve a...
…Pretty simple recipe. Oklahoma red cedar, box elder and amboyna burls, domestic turquoise, and a couple of cabs of labradorite. F#m. The problem is, the demand for turquoise on the international market, has dramatically outpaced supply....
….So one of the questions folks are day in and day out, constantly never asking, is “This is your profession,…why do you insist on building one instrument at a time, from start to finish?” Another is “Do you lease or own the rolling stock, like...
So,....the number of flutes I'm able to post this month, is... None. My home, and more importantly the driveway in front of the Corporate HQ of Querencia Woodwinds, is ever so slowly, sliding down the hill toward the ocean. Ms. Denise and I have...
So I posted my “Covid Collection” to my shiny new website, and temporarily blew it up…..26 flutes, 260+ photos, 26 sound files, and detailed text for each instrument. The builders had it back up in 24 hours, and said it was not my fault. During a break from the cold,...
Well, ….I don’t have any new flutes completed…or even started. I’ve been unable to rip and route lumber due to the weather, and my rather sketchy work ethic. However, I used the time to post the majority of my “Covid Collection” to my website having added text,...
It’s been a month or so since my last post here, and I mentioned I had two potential flute blanks left, already ripped and routed, of some really horrible wood. Since the only volunteer I had...
So I mentioned back in January I had no more blanks for building flutes, so I was taking a vacation to start noodling with my steel guitars. Ms. Denise won’t let me play them in the house because I’m horrible at it, and playing them in my unheated flute shop, at 52° F...
So, finished two days ago, this flute is my final build for 2021. I’m taking a couple of months off, as I have 23 flutes that need sound files, and posting to my website. I also need to refresh my memory and that of any of my neighbors within earshot, as to why I...