It has been suggested that temperature, humidity and altitude play a major part in the tuning of a NAF. I have heard that the difference would amount to a...
Thanks KuzinBruce, That is encouraging on many levels. I have a brother living in Canon City, CO (he is one helluva sax player). Not far up the road. He...
Temperature poses the greatest amount of change in flute tuning. Many of us try to tune our flutes to 70-72 Deg F. There are tuning adjustments for NAFlutomat...
There was a thread of discussion on this exact topic not to long ago. The bottom line is that any part of the formulas that use air pressure for frequency...
Hi, A Doctor friend of mine has maybe a half dozen Swampfox flutes, these are made in Georgia, we live in British Columbia Canada, two extremely different...
Some flutes are very precisely tuned, And then there are flutes that are not tuned and were never intended to be tuned by their maker. Some flutes are designed...
Thank you all for a spirited response. Forgive me for digressing. I read moosewinds_mike's message pointing to a previous post. Very helpful.....which led me...
Yes. Bill Hughes puts out a two great videos. It is available from the Oregon Flute Store. His second one is how to make a flute totally by hand. The only...
Location of the lowest above ground point in the United States is Bad Water, in Death Valley. Can't remember exactly, but it is about 120 feet below sea...
I agree. I find that I use that third finger and thumb to support the flute while the other fingers do their thing. Also my personal artistic sense leans...
Another dvd I like a lot, is the one from another hugues, Toby. But I don't think he's related to the one you mention...;-) He's a native american, and shows...
This is the best new of the year !! A flute festival in this part of the country will give a great oportunity to a lot of people. I wish you all the best. ...
I just made a 3/4" bore drone flute in the key of G. I found that in tuning the fundamental, the drone side was a tad sharp. The other side is in tune and...
Jason, A couple waus to flatten the drone side would be to add a ring or two of veneer inside the foot to choke it, or you could sand the bore inside (a little...
Hi I made a stacked drone in F# one time, (kinda looks like an over and under shotgun) it's made out of western red cedar, the volume on it is awesome. Jason...
Hi Dale, We hope that everyone that can will join in. It is going to be a great time. Much to learn and many wonderful people to meet and visit with. This area...
I've just started making NAFs and I'm interested in trying to make one that can be used for Irish music. I understand that Irish keyless flutes are tunned in...
I was told by a mandolin maker that gluing end grain to end grain was not as strong as gluing end grain to cross grain for things like accent rings and would...
... Well I don't have any experience with flutes but woodworking in general, just trying to glue end grain to end grain is going to fail at some point. The...
In my ever-so-short experience with NAF making, I have found (with the knowledge of many here) that endgrain gluing is ok. The force on the joint is minimal...
Jason, another thing you might consider, is to make the drone side asymetric. You can do this by shortening, or use tuning holes to sharpen the drone side to 1...
Greetings, I have been renting DVDs of the TV series "Northern Exposure" and have heard some great flute music in dozens of episodes. This got me think about...
