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MINIATURE SIZE FLUTES
A Perfect Addition To Your Flute Collection



   
  These little flutes have a powerful voice. They are quality musical instruments with a solid sweet high pitch. Don't be fooled by their size, they will play at a tremendous volume. Their sound quality is clear and crisp.  
     
  Flute Key Choices: A,Bb,B,C  
  Flute Lengths: 4.5" - 5.5"  


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. 

Wood Choices
 
  Order Flute
$$24.95 -$49.95
 
 

 

CUSTOMER COMMENTS

 "G´day Lisa,

I received my flutes yesterday... and I just LOOOOOVE them!
Thanx for a beautiful craftsmanship and may you walk in beauty my friend."
Yours,
Gandalf


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Gandalf Alvstige
Sweden

"... I play it almost every time I play. I have a wonderful story I tell and use it as an example of the highest smallest flute I have. People are always amazed at the beautiful bird like sounds and quality of the little flute.
love
,
John "

~~ John De Boer
USA -

John De Boer - Native American Flute Player

"Lisa, The flute arrived today. I love it!..It is even tinier than I imagined. It's going to be great at drum circles. The high voice can be heard."

~~ Gary Kendrick
USA


"Today I received your Micro flute. Been having fun discovering all the things you can do with it. Did you know you can cover the front of the flute as a fourth hole? I can get a few more notes in the lower and upper octave with various cross fingerings using all "four" holes."

~~ Frankie Sierra
California, USA


"I got back into town today and the miniature flute arrived in todays mail. It's marvelous!!! The
high-keyed sound is a delightful variation from my other flutes and the fact that I can actually play this little flute completely fascinates me."

~~ Jim Reed
Ohio, USA







We have been given the spirit of:

Love, Power, and
Sound Mind

Be Not Afraid, for the spirit of fear was not given to you, it is a choice.

LISTEN TO THE FLUTES

 Key
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 A

 Click Here

 Bb

 Click Here

 B

 Click Here

C

 Click Here

 
Dial Up Internet is slow.
Sound Files are big.
Wait time can be long.
Relax.


HAPPY BOYS
Rael and Sunny
Pictured With Their New Companions - Miniature Flutes

Miniature Flute   Miniature Flute

Both the little guys are going around with them like this all day. They don't put them down... Thanks for bringing more music into our lives.
~~~ Sarah Timmons
Queensland, Australia



 
  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.
 
   
  PIXIES PLAYING IN PARADISE
Sunny and Rube (Brothers)
Miniature Flute and Big Flute Play Together 
  Miniature Flute and Big Flute
   
  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.
   
   
   
 

FLUTE SIZES - 4.5" - 5.5" Long

COMPARE SIZE
Miniature Eastern Cedar Flute

"...this little baby is fun to play. You can half hole all three holes and/or cover half of the far end and bring the tone down considerably. Played this on the phone for Billy Whitefox Wednesday night and ordered one for him as a gift yesterday. I'll be getting together with him in a couple of weeks in Orlando. Oh, and I ordered another for me in Kingwood... There will be a quartet of these little babies at Musical echoes: Rae, Sharon,myself and Billy Whitefox. I will gift him that flute next Saturday when I see him."

~~ Len Kaminsky
Owner of the flute in the picture

Florida, USA




CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE WOOD


FLUTES IN THE PICTURE
LEFT TO RIGHT
Osage Orange, Curly Ash, Eastern Cedar


  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. 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
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.
   
   
  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: Is a miniature flute a good choice for a child?
A: Yes. They are easy to play. However, they are made exactly like the standard size flutes and require some supervised care. The leather straps holding the block in place must be loosened and the block must be removed periodically and the saliva in the flue wiped dry.
 
Q: Is a miniature flute a good choice for an adult?
A: Yes. One thing to consider is the size of your fingers. The finger holes on a miniature flute are close together. If you have large hands, you will want to order the key of A. It's the largest miniature flute.
 
Q: Do you offer "special order" mini's?
A: Yes.
Email us with your request.

SPECIAL ORDER MINI's

ADDED FINGER HOLES

4 finger holes on the front and 2 thumb holes on the back
 


BLOCK INLAY
Osage Orange Flute With Kingwood Inlay Block
Dressed With Hand Made Matching Kingwood Bead, 2 Yellow Beads, And Peacock Feathers
Miniature Flute  

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 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.
 
Miniatue Size Flute Prices

We have 4 categories of pricing.

 $24.95 Soft Woods - Domestic
 $34.95 Hard Woods - (Domestic and Imported)
 $39.95 Curly and Highly Figured Grain Woods - (Domestic and Imported) 
 $49.95 Rare Woods 

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


Cedar - Eastern

 Cedar - Western

Ash 

Ash - Curly 

Birch 

$24.95

$24.95

 $34.95

$39.95

 $34.95
 Eastern Cedar Wood Western Cedar Wood  Ash  Wood Curly Ash Wood Native American Flute - Birch  Wood

Birch - Flame Bloodwood Bubinga Bubinga -Pomelle  Canary Wood
$39.95  $34.95  $34.95 $39.95  $34.95
Flame Birch Wood Bloodwood Bubinga Wood Bubinga Pomelle Wood Canary Wood

Cherry  Cherry - Curly Ebony - Gabon Juniper  Lacewood
 $34.95  $39.95 $49.95  $24.95  $34.95
Cherry Wood Curly Cherry  Wood Gabon Ebony Wood Lacewood Wood

Leopardwood  Mahogany Maple Osage Orange Padauk
 $34.95  $34.95   $34.95  $34.95  $34.95
Leopardwood Wood Mahogany Wood Maple  Wood  Osage Orange - bois d'arc Wood Padauk Wood

Red Heart Sassafras Sitka Spruce Walnut Walnut - Curly
 $34.95  $24.95   $34.95  $34.95  $39.95
Redheart Wood Sassafras Wood Sitka Spruce Wood Walnut Wood Curly Walnut Wood

Yellow Heart Oak - Red Oak - White  
 $34.95    $34.95    $34.95  
YellowheartWood Native American Flute - Red Oak Wood



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.
White Oak Wood

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
 $49.95  $34.95  $34.95 $34.95
 Pink Ivory Wood

 Pink Ivory Wood

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

Purple Heart Wood

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

Zebrawood

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 Wood

Kingwood Wood

Kingwood Wood

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. 


FLUTE BUILDING AND DELIVERY TIMES
We will email you with the tracking information when we ship your flute.
 Delivery Times
 

Flute Arrival To You
Shipping And Handling Charges
$10
(All Countries)


U.S.A.  2-3 weeks
  Australia  2-3 weeks  
  Spain  2-3 weeks
Canada  3-4 weeks
  Germany  3-4 weeks  
  France  4-5weeks  
  Netherlands 3-4 weeks
UK   3-4 weeks  
All other countries  4-6 weeks 

Jerry Fretwell - Post Office
  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 cedar box is in transit.
 

ORDER YOUR FLUTE

Order Online ~
CLICK HERE

Order By Phone: 1-417-535-6032
 
 

 
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