Greetings! Hopefully I can fix this The fundamental on the flute I am working on is off. On the tuner it is high for F# and Lo for G. So I assume it is close...
You can try several approaches. One is to lengthen the foot. I save all of my cut offs from tuning just in case I need to reattach one. That is the picture...
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Hi Kent, Thanks for naming those additional tunes. I hoped someone would do just that and maybe someone else will name some that we haven't mentioned. A few...
Hi and welcome If you want to make flutes and need help the best manual on the market is Ki-e-ta's manual at a cost of $15.00 we also are on paltalk Saturday ...
Hi Roger! For various reasons I have not had a lot of time to spend in the shope lately, and I have also been otherwise occupied at the day/time of the last...
Meade, Another thing you can try is using a different bird with a deep chimney, assuming the bird you are using now does not have one or its chimney is not...
HI Mike I don't have a chimney at all, I have been just using a small block instead of a chimney, I didn't realize the chimney could change the fundamental! I...
Is any one aquainted with an organization called the North American Plains Flute Society? I saw the referance on some one's web site (cah't recall who right...
Hi Everyone. I just joined, so figured I would post a brief intro. I've had an appreciation for the sound of the cedar flute for as long as I can remember....
Kent, Been doing great making flutes and whistles, selling a few too! There is no April meeting but Brian and Jed have a new flute/didge circle in Everett at...
Greetings,Paul. There is much information to be learned here at the NAF Group. Wonderful People on here,who share a wealth of Knowalage,about the Flute. As far...
Thank you for the reference, and thank goodness for engineers. I started reading this and stopped when my eyes crossed. By the way, I added a chimney to the...
Hi Meade, I agree, some of the most interesting and attractive flutes that I have made were due to a mistake. It has taught me how to do end caps, inlay, and ...
Question for anyone who can venture a guess or know whats happening...I've finished a five hole Em flute (mode 1) with a 1" bore with the flue in the bird....
Hi Phil, It sounds like you may not have the cutting edge in the center of the air stream. A simple thing to try is to put a slight chamfer on the back edge of...
Hello all, My name is Robert Fairchild and I am new to this group as well as to flute construction. I must thank Jerry Fretwell for so graciously pointing me...
I haven't been around much lately. Life has kept me extreeeeeeemly busy. I found out a few weeks ago that I have to move back to Bloomington, IN, from Panama...
Bob, Welcome to the group. You'll find a tremendously friendly and knowledgeable group of folks here willing to share what they know. It seems to be the...
Hi all: I'm new to the group and I'm hooked on NAFs. I've always like the sound/music and have recently ordered a flute. I'm reading just about everything I...
Thanks Karen! One thing I should have made more clear was that for me, this list is about the NAF, and really no other subject. I respect completely the...
Hi Bob, Welcome to the group. I've beem making lfutes only about a year and a half, but already learned enough from the grooup to begin fixing some of my...
Phil, With the flue in the bird, the cutting edge can't be in the middle of the basic air stream, so you have to use tricks to get the air stream to bend down...
Hi Mark, Welcome to the group. The holes at the foot end of the flute are called direction holes, representing the 4 compass diretions, North, South East &...
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