Really nice, thanks for sharing...I have really enjoyed looking at everyone's work...I like the look of numba 2! You have been quite busy! Thanks again cyn ......
Ramone I had to hop in here and tell you how really sweet your first two flutes are. I love the saddle and block of the second, oh heck..The whole piece looks...
There are a handful of people who in years to come will be remembered and revered by the people of the flute world. Hawk is one of these people. He is...
... Hi Dave, Iım a long term user of an oil finish, and I voice and tune the flute prior to finishing, it is signed and ready to go prior to being dipped in ...
I've once heard said that a fool thinks himself wise, but a wise man Knows himself to be a fool. So, I think that it is safe to say, "Beware anyone that claims...
Hey Larry, how long does it take the Ark Oil to cure in your drying box? I thought I had read somewhere recently that the polymerizing of Linseed oil happens...
Hi Larry At one time you used Epoxy to seal the sac on your flutes, do you still do this? Also I see you are using spaulted pine and stabalizing it with your...
After speaking with a couple of people, I have come to realize something very important in the creation of the NAF. Most of the older-makers (length of time...
Hi Larry, Perhaps you are right on the resoaking of the oil. I don't use oil as much as you do and am not sure why your flute sounded brighter after the...
Dave, thank you for saying so wonderfully, what you did. I started making machined flutes, and did so for several years. Then my wonderful friend, Dale...
Yes Dale, the deeper I went into the instrument finishing aspect (the more internet sites I found on finishing and products) the more I realize that, in the...
Mike, Thank you! Ed moosewinds_mike <moosewinds_mike@...> wrote: Ed, Check out "NAF Sound Mechanism Dimensions.JPG" in the "For Beginners" folder in the...
Thanks to all of you who weighed in on this question. It confirms my suspicion that the TSH length isn't too dependent on the width. I have been using a...
... can figure out how he chiseled the staute 'David' out of one solid piece of marble. ... Da Vinci never called himself a 'Master', but he also never took...
Thank you..thank you..thank you Beverly..I am getting my 'Masters' confused but will no longer because of what you have shared. Dave Beverly Nadelman...
Thank you for your kind words John. But I have to ask again...do you selct the wood or does the wood select you? There are many others on the ground besides...
Kris, I've used it on several flutes. a thin coat does bring out the grain. But, on light wood even neutral will darken it. And over time it may get even a bit...
Maybe a little nail polish and nothing else might be a nice finish if you are using something like aromatic cedar. I bet that would work and still smell good....
Hi Dave I had a piece of curly maple that told me it didn't want to be a flute. I gave it to another flute maker after telling him what the wood said. It cut...
Hi guys, Well, I'm using cane almost exclusively. I haven't yet applied any finish to any of my flutes. I guess I'd like the flute to keep the voice it has....
Hi Chuck..I know exactly what you mean. I smudge before I begin, after I am finished and anytime I am not in the 'right' mind from frustration or anger. I am...
Someone was asking about D-Bits. I just put a PDF on D-Bits on the NativeFluteMediafiles site. The web page where it came from is in the PDF if you want to...
To me a Master is anyone who is better at Something that I am. In the case of Native American Flutes that includes most everyone on this list. If you think...
