Hey all, I just posted a few pictures of a recent flute made from a big leaf maple root. I hadn't really thought of building flutes from roots before, but...
You've gotten a lot of great ideas from quality flute makers, so take your time and move through the process. From time to time you'll find something that...
Hello Group, I am a recently retired 65 year old male living in Kansas City. I know absolutely nothing about this subject, but it sounds facinating! Thank you...
Hi Phil, Descanso Gardens is a wonderful place to gather branches! One of the special things about that garden is that it has its own source of local,...
Well Doug, you gotta do something for the next 65, why not flutes? Kuz **************From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date...
Hi Doug, You wrote, " I know absolutely nothing about this subject..." I have been making flutes for almost a year now and it seems like I know less and less...
According to sources I have, there was a two hour period where Google mistakenly marked /every website in the world/ as malicious. Obviously they fixed it...
Northwest Arkansas is a great place to find branches right now after the worst ice storm I have ever lived through!!! Come gather all you can carry! I thank...
"Rancy Sharp" <plantman54@...> Rancy: At least with IKE there was no freezing weather to go along with the misnery. Glad you survived. Find anything...
Hi Rachael, I made a small flute out of walnut. It is a little less than 11" long and the bore is 3/8ths" dia. Outside dia is a little less than 3/4". the bore...
Your questions are reasonable and I am enjoying reading some of the answers, but I got to tell ya, the questions sound like this to me..." I took my first ...
Hey Rancy Bless your heart . This seems to be becoming an annual thing . I just can't make that many branch flutes a year . Glad your power stayed on . We got...
Actually, Bob, our power was off for 5 days and 1 hour. My wife was getting tired of "Little House on the Prairie" about day 4. I called the electric dept...
"The Coyote Song" Look closely, can you see the fellow standing under the Sitting Bull picture, playing a Siyotanka? We are not sure what caused this...
... on ... Thank you for the responce. I should have given more info. Yes I am making a walking cane flute for myself.I will be finishing the sac and tsh as...
My only wood sugestion is , I save piles of branches separated by year , so I can keep track of their age . Not a whole lot , just what I think I can use ....
I like your song James. Here's a couple more for the endangered Least Terns and Clapper Rails: http://dryadflutes.com/EndangeredOnes.html Jon ... Nuthatches......
Glad you listened. Chickadee is right outside my window now. We have many Relatives throughout the day. Cardinals first when it is still dark, and they are...
We have had the question about volumn .... now I have one on tone. some flutes have a crisp pure sound and others have a richer sound full of harmonics which...
Hi Tom, Tone can be controlled in a variety of ways but the mains ones are; with the wood used and with the amount of finish put on the flute. Soft wood will...
A followup question to this response: Another way is by the angle and/or the thickness of the cutting edge...thinner edge = reedier tone. When I think...
"One of think a thicker edge would produce a fatter/thicker tone." That's what I was saying. Soonest, Akweriahne'ke, Bradd (Thaweno':ken) Powless Mohawks of...
Yes Clyde...like a clarinet reediness type tone...thinner tone. There is a difference between cripsness and reediness though but it's important that you make...
The finish does make a big diff. I do not like to laquer the flutes I make from aromatic cedar, since sealing the flute seals in the wonderful cedar smell. And...
Yes, I plan to get started very soon. I am one of those who likes to have as much understanding in my head as is possible prior to beginning in order to have a...
