Large Size Flutes ~ Many Wood Choices ~ Including: Cedar, Sassafras, Juniper, Zebra Wood, Pink Ivory

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LARGE SIZE FLUTES

TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE FLUTES

	TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE FLUTES
	Made Especially For You

	Flute Key Choices: E,F,F#,G,Ab
	These are the large/low range flutes. They sound exceptionally haunting when you play slow meditative melodies. When you hear music played with a Native American Flute, it's most commonly tuned to the key of F or F#. They range 20" - 27" in length.

CHOOSING YOUR FLUTE

*	Listen To The Flutes
	Choose your favorite key. Scroll down page to hear flutes.

*	Look At The Wood Choices Choose your favorite wood. Scroll down page to see wood grain closeups.


	$$225 - $350

CUSTOMER COMMENTS

"I received the F# Flute yesterday. Thank You! It has wonderful full tone (voice) and I am very pleased with it. I
also appreciate the way you finish your flutes with shellac, and that
you can still smell the aroma of the cedar. Other flutes that I have
are finished with urethane or other chemical finishes and have that chemical smell. Thanks once again for an excellent musical instrument!"

~~ Howard Warren
Internet Customer
Purcell, OK U.S.A.

"Funny you should mention friends hearing my flute and wanting one of their own Jerry! I introduced my Mum to my flute last night and she said "I want one!" She tried to prise my flute from me so she could play with it
overnight but to no avail! I wasn't parting with it for a minute!

So my step father and I shall buy her a flute for her birthday (in July).
They are going away for a couple of weeks but when they return I will sit
her down at your website and get an idea of what she wants. We will then
probably call you to put the order through.

I was really glad I had that chat with you (and that you convinced me to go to a F#) so I would like to do that with her!

And Jerry, I don't just like my flute - I LOVE it!

Thanks again!!"

~~ Ruth Ingham
Internet Customer
Australia

" Received my flute today at work. What a beautiful piece of heart and soul, a gorgeous instrument. It has an excellent feel to it. Your flute has made its way to # 1 of my collection. It has a very beautiful voice and the love that went in to it to make it is wonderful.This will not be the last flute I will purchase and I will spread your name around.

Tnx again for the beautiful work of Art"

~~ Mike Fuller
Internet Customer
Little Rock, AR U.S.A.

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	LISTEN TO THE FLUTES
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Large Flutes

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	Which Key Of Flute Touches You?
	The natural rich warm sound that comes only from an instrument made from wood, touches the soul of all those who hear it. It is our experience that each individual person has a specific key that touches them uniquely. Discovering which key calms you, is easy on our website. We have lots of flutes for you to hear.

	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.

	*Flute Sound* Files ~ Not Electronically Altered** Our flute sound files DO NOT have any effects added to them. Our flutes sound exactly like this naturally (Clear, Crisp, Loud, Non-breathy, & No air hiss). Your flute will sound this way for you when you play it at home. Your flute will produce a rich, clean quality sound and have tremendous volume, without the use of a microphone.

LISTEN TO MORE LARGE SIZE FLUTES

Click Here	Key of E	Sassafras
Click Here	Key of E	Curly Maple
Click Here	Key of E	Cherry
Click Here	Key of F	Eastern Cedar
Click Here	Key of F	Oak - White
Click Here	Key of F	Bubinga
Click Here	Key of F#	Eastern Cedar
Click Here	Key of F#	Mahogany
Click Here	Key of F#	Western Cedar
Click Here	Key of F#	Curly Maple
Click Here	Key of F#	Pink Ivory
Click Here	Key of G	Osage Orange
Click Here	Key of G	Mahogany
Click Here	Key of Ab	Eastern Cedar
Click Here	Key of Ab	Red Heart


	Need help determining the size of flute that is a perfect fit for you? Call us ~ Phone: 1-417-535-6032. We'd love to hear from you.

CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE WOOD

FLUTES IN THE PICTURE
LEFT TO RIGHT
Ash, Oak, Eastern Cedar,Mahogany, Walnut, Lace Wood,
Curly Maple, Curly Walnut, Osage Orange

Flute Tone and Wood Choice

The tone of your flute is determined in part by the type of wood used. The softer woods produce a warmer tone. The harder woods produce a brighter tone. Tone is not volume. Tone is the texture of the sound.

The Joy of Wood Shopping
" 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." I just "love" to go wood shopping." ~~ Lisa Fretwell

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. We purchase our Eastern Cedar wood from a local young man. He cuts and mills the cedar from here in the Ozarks. Some of our rare and exotic woods, we purchase from other sources around the country. Koa and Curly Koa we purchase directly from Hawaii.

Availability of Unique Woods
Most wood will make a wonderful flute. Call us ~ Phone: 1-417-535-6032 and ask about the availability of woods not shown on our website such as: Koa, Curly Koa, Honey Mesquite, Black Mesquite, Quina, Spanish Cedar, Sapele, Quilted Sapele, Rose woods, & Quatersawn woods.

Pieces of Wood Special to You
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.

Some of our customers go to their local wood store and choose their own piece of wood. Wood grain and color are unique to each board that is cut. Each piece of wood has it's own unique spirit. When you can see and touch the piece of wood, the spirit of the wood can talk to you.

Combination Flutes

We can add inlay, endcaps, or rings to your flute.

You choose your wood combination.

Call us (1-417-535-6032) to discuss your specialty flute and pricing.

Three Commonly Asked Questions

Q: What do you use to seal the wood?
A: Over a period of several days, we apply several thin coats of non-toxic, humanly edible shellac to the outside of your flute. (It's the same shellac that is used in the food industry when making licorice candy.) After the shellac has set completely. We give your flute a mineral oil bath and we place it in the drying rack for a couple of days to dry. Clear shellac lets the natural grain pattern and color of the wood stand out. Your flute will have a soft shine.

Q: What woods are the softest and produce the most warm tone?
A: Eastern Cedar, Western Cedar, and Sassafras.

Q: What woods are the hardest and produce the most bright tone?
A: Purple Heart, Osage Orange, and Pink Ivory.

WOOD GRAIN CLOSEUPS AND PRICING

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. The colors of the woods you see in our website images are what the wood looks like, naturally. We do not stain our flutes.

Large Size Flute Prices
Flute prices are determined by the size of the flute, the cost of the raw wood to us, and the wear and tear on our equipment by the harder woods.

We have 5 categories of pricing.

$225	Cedar Woods
$250	Domestic Woods - USA
$275	Imported Woods and X-tra Hard Domestic Woods
$300	Curly and Highly Figured Grain Woods - (Domestic and Imported)
$350	Rare Woods

*All amounts are listed in United States Dollars (USD)

Cedar - Eastern	Cedar - Western	Ash	Ash - Curly	Birch
$225	$225	$250	$300	$250

Birch - Flame	Bloodwood	Bubinga	Bubinga -Pomelle	Canary Wood
$300	$275	$275	$300	$275

Cherry	Cherry - Curly	Juniper	Lacewood	Leopardwood
$250	$300	$250	$275	$275

Mahogany	Maple	Maple - Curly	Osage Orange	Padauk
$275	$250	$300	$275	$275

Red Heart	Sassafras	Sitka Spruce	Walnut	Walnut - Curly
$275	$250	$250	$250	$300

Yellow Heart

Oak - Red

Oak - White

$275

$250

Red Oak can be the same color tone as white oak or it can have a pink/red hue to it. Each board is unique.

What differentiates a piece of white oak from a piece of red oak is the "Tick Marks". White Oak has long lines as tick marks. Red Oak has short lines as tick marks.

Pink Ivory

Purple Heart

Zebra Wood

Kingwood

$350

$275

Pink Ivory has many shades of pink, salmon and pink/orange. Each piece of wood is unique.

Purple Heart darkens the longer that is it exposed to air and sunlight.

Zebra Wood has two distinct grain patterns depending on the part of the tree that the board is cut from. Each board is unique.

Kingwood has two distinct grain patterns (Swirls and Stripes). The color tone can be a purple/brown or a blonde/brown. Each board is unique.

F.Y.I.
5 Hole Flute vs 6 Hole Flute
We can make you a 5 hole flute but, we prefer a 6 hole flute. Let me explain why.
The Open Hole Fingering Minor Pentatonic Scale is played exactly the same on a 6 hole flute and a 5 hole flute. The difference is, on a 6 hole flute you keep the 3rd hole from the top covered all the time.
As you progress in your playing, you will want the benefit of being able to use the additional hole on a 6 hole flute.

FLUTE BUILDING AND DELIVERY TIMES

Your flute will be made especially for you when you place your order. Building your flute takes 3-4 weeks. Transit time in shipping is dependant on your country's postal system and customs clearance process. We will email you with the tracking information when we ship your flute.

Flute Arrival To You

U.S.A. 4-5 weeks

Africa 5-6 weeks

Australia 5-6 weeks

Canada 5-6 weeks

Czech Republic 6-7 weeks

Denmark 4-5 weeks

France 6-7 weeks

Germany 5-6 weeks

Great Britain
and Northern Ireland 5-6 weeks

Ireland 5-6 weeks

Italy 5-6 weeks

Netherlands 5-6 weeks

New Zealand 4-5 weeks

Spain 4-5 weeks

Sweden 4-5 weeks

Switzerland 4-5 weeks

All Other Countries 4-7 weeks

International (non-U.S.A.) Transit Time

The delivery speed of the postal system in your country and the customs clearance time in your country determine how long your flute is in transit.

SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEES

We use the U.S. Mail System to ship our products. We ship using the Priority Mail and Priority Mail International Service. This provides tracking and insurance.

International Orders : Shopping Cart : Shipping Fee

International customers who use our online shopping cart will be charged a SPLIT shipping fee. At checkout, the $15 base fee will be charged. After you place your order, we will email you an invoice for the balance of the shipping fee. This amount will be the difference between the $15 you pay at time of check out and the actual cost to ship to your country.

We use a simple inexpensive online shopping cart service. It can not calculate multiple country shipping charges.

This simple shopping cart keeps our costs down and allows us to pass the savings onto you. We apologize for the inconvenience of having to split up the shipping fee.

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Order By Phone: 1-417-535-6032

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