Dear all, Having been a fan of Native American Flute music since I first heard one played about three years ago, I decided to act on a long-held ambition to...
What is a hooded bird? Papasan ********************************************* Keys of B and C are achievable with the 3/4 bore. I haven't tuned up the 7/8 bore...
I hope the accident was with the wood and not a finger. I have accidentally made my ramps at or near 45 degrees and found that it doesn't produce that strong...
Hi Grant, Welcome to the group. I've been making flutes about 9 months. Since you don't have a lot of time invested in your "bird" you can also try making a...
Shaman Circle <shaman_circle@...> wrote: The hard part for flute making...for me, is that I don't play! Maybe after I learn how to hand drum! <laughing...
Hi Dale, Thanks for the tips. Il spend some time this weekend making a couple of different birds to try on my next effort. Cheers ... Grant ... Hi Grant, ...
Hi Larry, Thanks for the reply. The accident was with the wood ... still have all my fingers. Il go back and rework those ramps. Its slow going with a needle...
In a message dated 9/2/2005 9:04:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nativeflutewoodworking@yahoogroups.com writes: What is a hooded bird? I MISSED THE ANSEWER TO...
I just went to a Native American style gathering in Sisters, Oregon this weekend. I was greatly surprised to see Charles Littleleaf there playing the flute. ...
Oh it sounds so awesome Greg. Thank you for telling us about it. I lvoe going to the Flute gatherings. Have never any thing but a awesome time at them....
Hey Russ, I need a copy of your book in Canada. Could you please contact me about ordering, pricing and shipping etc? Thanks, Dave [Non-text portions of this...
I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to know when my river cane is ready to be made into a flute. I have heard it takes 1 year for a peice of cane to...
Dale, Thanks for your words of encouragement! Playing a NA Flute is something I look forward to taking up as soon as I clear a few things off my plate. I have...
- Look in the files section where I posted a word file some time ago that gives you all the info on processing river cane for flutes. You can speed it up a...
Good Morning All: I have a question regarding tuning hole mechanics. It is my understanding that anything south of the tuning holes will not affect the...
No problem whatsoever carving anything you want south of the tuning holes! Dave ... From: fphilbeck To: nativeflutewoodworking@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
Hi All, Ther is a BIG difference in sound between 2 tuning holes and 4 tuning holes because of the airflow restrictions. The 4 holes (to me anyway) is much...
Freda, try this first. Plug the end of the flute and play it. Then remove the plug and play it again. If the tuning/directional holes are the right size, there...
Hey... can I bring my flutes AND my didge? :) I'm preparing some aromatic cedar. It's roughed to size, but needs a bit of work to get it flat enough to mate 2...
Hi, What are the four colors? Thanks, Chuck ... From: Canadian Mohawk To: nativeflutewoodworking@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 5:58 AM ...
Red, Yellow, White and Black in no particular order, since they are sometimes arranged around a circle called a medicine wheel and used as a teaching aid by...
I know this has been discussed at least a little. I searched posts. I read posts. But now the time has come for me to get a tuner (my wife is getting me a...
... have been totally happy with it. Whatever you get, just make sure that is a " CHROMATIC " tuner. A guitar tuner won't work to my understanding ?...
Not unless you want to tune your flute to match the guitar strings. LOL And why won't your wife let you tune in the front room? Mine lets me carve and tune in...
Heck, Yeah Charlie!!! this group IS musicians isn't it? Now how social would that be if I didn't offer anyone coming to get some wood for a flute or two, to ...
Been awhile since I've visited the forum. Special hello and thank you to Dusty for starting and managing this forum and for making my first NAF - AWESOME!!!...
I should come clean here too.... my didge is not made of any wood. it's made from a gourd. the gourd was given to me by a friend at work...his wife grew it on ...
I just posted three photos under JGFLUTES photos. One is my second replica of my Winning Musical Echoes flute. It will be for sale on Oregon Flutes Special...
