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G'day,
Love your work
Jerry, my flute plays like a dream & sings like an owl, everything
i hoped for was fulfilled - it sounds great & I'm very impressed
with the accuracy of the note tuning [i tested using sinewaves
from a synthesizer]
I wrote & played flute solos for 2 of my ambient
songs the day I got it, it will bring me many hours of joy -
thanks mate!
~Josh Van
Haeff
Internet Customer
koongal Queensland
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Pictured
~ Michael Zimmer
playing a Bass
C flute.
To give you an idea of just how long a Bass flute is, keep in
mind that Michael is over 6 feet tall.
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"I LOVE
IT!!! Just the tone that I have been looking for. I took it to
work with me Wednesday and the folks at work asked a lot about
it. The reach is perfect."
~~ Ronnie
Stafford
Internet Customer
TN, U.S.A |
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Who was
Chief
Eagle Friend?
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Native American
Flutes
Bass
Size
 Listen to sound samples
below.
Flute in the
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Eastern Cedar
Available Lengths: 33"-28"
Available Keys: Bb, B, C, C#, D, Eb
Price Range: $200 - $300 |
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These are very deep
sounding flutes. We do not recommend Bass
Flutes for anyone with very small hands or a beginner
player.
My wife's hand is 6 1/4" from the end of her wrist to the
tip of her index finger. Her finger pads are 5/8's" across
when pressed flat. She can play the C, C#, D, and Eb Bass Flutes. But, they
are a stretch for her. She can not stretch far enough apart to
play the Bb and B Bass Flutes. This may help you decide whether
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Custom Made For You
Your
Native American Flute will be made especially for you.
If you need help deciding which flute size or wood type is the
best choice for you, call (Phone: 417-535-6032) or email. We'd love to hear from
you.
5 Hole Flute vs
6 Hole Flute
We can make you a 5 hole flute but we prefer a 6 hole flute.
The basic fingering pattern for a 6 hole flute, is exactly the
same as a 5 hole flute. When you first start playing your 6 hole
flute, you will leave the 3rd hole from the top, covered all
the time. As you progress in your playing, you will want the
benefit that the additional hole on a 6 hole flute will give
you. Our book "Getting
To Know Your Native American Flute", will teach you how to take care
of your flute and how to play it.
Tone and Wood Choice
The tone of a Native American Flute is determined in part
by the type of wood used. The softer woods (cedar,sassafras etc...)
produce a warmer tone. The harder woods (red heart, osage orange
etc...) produce a brighter tone. Tone is not volume. It is the
texture of the sound. We offer you a large selection of wood choices.
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Cedar(s) |
Hard Woods |
Exotic Woods |
Curly Woods |
Rare Woods |
Concert Quality,
A440 Tuned
Your flute will be tuned using an electronic tuner to ensure
that it has concert quality pitch. This will enable you to play
along with other instruments.
Not electronically altered ~ Flute Sound Samples
The natural rich warm sound of a Native American Flute touches
the soul of all those who hear it. It is our experience that
each individual responds to different keys. Discovering which
key calms you, is easy on our website. Our sound samples DO NOT
have any effects added to them. Our flutes sound exactly like
this naturally (Clear, Crisp, Loud, Non-breathy, & No air
hiss). Our
flutes will sound this way for you when you play them at home. Your flute will produce this rich, clean
quality sound and have tremendous volume, without a microphone.
Your Internet Access Speed and Flute Sound Files
Aol, Prodigy, etc... Dial Up Internet Access
is very slow... Be patient ... Sound Files are big and take awhile to download
to your computer.
Listen to these flutes.
Choosing a Key
Click on a blue letter below to hear that key. |
Jerry
is playing a medium A
flute.
Lisa is playing a large E flute.
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* We often have
a small stock of completed
flutes
on hand that we take with us to shows. These flutes are available
for immediate sale. Otherwise, we will make your flute especially
for you when you order it. |
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About Your Wood Choice
  
The Joy of Wood
Shopping
"Most
of our hardwoods and exotics we purchase from a speciality store
about an hour away from our home. We hand pick each piece. We
look for unique and beautiful grain patterns as well as exceptional
color.
I have a blast when we go wood shopping. I'm like a kid in a
candy store. Soooooo... many beautifully grained pieces of wood
to choose from. We always come away with much more wood that
we went to buy. Some pieces of wood, I "just can't resist".
They just beg to be made into a flute.
For our Eastern
Cedar and Sassafras wood, we buy it from a local Ozark man. We
trust his judgment and he always sends us beautiful pieces. Some
of our rare and exotic woods, we purchase from other sources
around the country and Hawaii.
I just "love"
to go wood shopping." ~~ Lisa Fretwell
Availability of Unique
Woods
Most
wood will make a wonderful flute. Email or call us (417-535-6032) about the availability
of woods not shown on our website such as: Koa, Curly Koa, Honey
Mesquite, Black Mesquite, Quina, Wenge, Spanish Cedar, Redwood,
Sapele, Quilted Sapele, Rose woods, & Quatersawn woods.
Pieces of Wood Special
to You
We encourage
you to do some internet window shopping for unique wood. If you
find a piece of wood that you like, we will make your flute from
that piece. If you have a piece of wood that's special to you,
send it to us and we will make your flute from that piece.
FYI - Wood - Natural
Colors and Grain Patterns
We have taken
great care with our website images so that they are a good representation
of the "true" color and grain patterns of the wood
choices we offer. Wood naturally varies from piece to piece.
The grain pattern and the shade of the color are things that
vary slightly from piece to piece. We do not stain our flutes.
The colors you see in our website images are what the wood looks
like naturally.
3 Commonly
asked Questions and Answers
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Q: Is Yellow Heart
wood really a bright yellow color?
A: Yes and it will remain yellow, unlike Osage Orange. Osage
Orange will darken down to a burnt orange color over time. |
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Q: What are the
differences between padauk, bloodwood, and redheart?
A: Bloodwood and Redheart have the most "red" overall
tone to their color where padauk has a more burnt orange tone.
Padauk and Bloodwood have more of distinct grain pattern than
Red Heart which tends to have solid red sections with no discernible
pattern. |
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Q: What wood have
you worked with that has the most natural shimmer?
A: Quilted Sapele is by far the most dramatic contrast in wood
tone and shimmers the most. It has rich dark brown strips with
blonde shimmering highlights. It's not listed as a standard wood
grain on our website, but we can get it and it makes a lovely
flute. |
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The images below are what
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