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Aromatic Cedar, Hard Woods, Exotic Woods,
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Native American Flute - Eastern Cedar Wood Red Oak Wood  Western Cedar Wood  Curly - Figured Maple  Wood Pink Ivory Wood Purple Heart Wood CanaryWood
Padauk Wood Bubinga Wood Juniper Wood Flame Birch Wood Redheart Wood Gabon Ebony Wood Sassafras Wood
Bloodwood Osage Orange - bois d'arc Wood Birch  Wood Lacewood Wood Sitka Spruce Wood YellowheartWood Maple  Wood
Curly Cherry  Wood Curly Ash Wood Ash Wood Cherry Wood  Kingwood Wood Zebrawood Mahogany Wood
Leopardwood Wood Curly Walnut Wood White Oak Wood Walnut Wood




 "I received a lovely addition to my family of flutes today. It's small and beautiful and has the sweetest voice... I love the way the curly maple all but glows.... I have already found that it is the easiest flute I have, to do a half hole on the lowest note."

~ Dan Aslin
Internet Customer
California , USA


Pictured: Kayla
Internet Customer
Southwestern USA
She is playing a small F flute.
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 "I love it, I even brought it in to the office to show it off. Thank you so very much for all your help and hard work. I understand now why everybody you talk to has more than one. It's like potato chips, ones just not enough."

~~Pam Saling
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U.S.A.


 "Your flutes play beautifully."

~~ Bettine Clemen
World Renowned Flutist
Missouri, USA



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several retail outlet stores

This store is located in
Springfield, Missouri. They always carry a nice
selection of our flutes. It
also describes our
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Lisa's Grandfather
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Assiniboin Tribe

You have within
you the power and all things necessary to do what you have been called to do.

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Sound Mind


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

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Small Size Flutes

 Flutes in the Picture

Eastern Cedar, Western Cedar, Eastern Cedar

Available Lengths: 17"-14"
Available Keys: D, Eb, E, F, F#
Price Range: $80 - $180
*All amounts are listed in United States Dollars (USD)

These flutes are the Small High Pitched Flutes above Middle C. Their high sweet pitches make for great high spirited melodies. Playing alone or with a group, these are a great addition to your flute collection. Your flute can be made from a broad selection of woods and tuned to a variety of different keys.


  ..Listen To The Flutes 
Click on a blue letter below to hear that key 

Small Flutes
16"-14"

 D Eb E F  F# 


 
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  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 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 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.
 

Choosing Your Flute
You choose the key of flute you want us to make you (D, Eb, E, F, F#). You choose the type of wood you want us to use. Your flute will be made especially for you, when you place your order.
If you need help choosing the flute size that is a perfect fit for you, call 1-417-535-6032 or email us. We'd love to hear from you.
Our Prices
The price of your small size flute is based on the type of wood you choose.
Eastern Cedar Wood Cedar is our least expensive wood choice  
Gabon Ebony Wood Gabon Ebony is our most expensive wood choice.

Tone and Wood Choice
Eastern Cedar Walnut Zebrawood Curly Maple Ebony
Cedar(s) Hard Woods  Exotic Woods  Curly Woods  Rare Woods 

The tone of a 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. Tone is the texture of the sound. We offer you a large selection of wood choices. See the wood grain closeups at the bottom of this page.
 

 Listen to these Small Flutes.

Click Here   Key of D Eastern Cedar Wood Eastern Cedar
Click Here   Key of Eb  Purple Heart Wood Purple Heart  

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  Key of E   Purple Heart Wood Purple Heart  
Click Here   Key of E  Eastern Cedar Wood Eastern Cedar  
Click Here   Key of F   Maple  Wood Maple
Click Here   Key of F# Western Cedar Wood Western Cedar

 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 basic minor Pentatonic fingering pattern 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 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.  

 

About Your Wood Choice
Eastern Cedar Wood Maple  Wood Purple Heart Wood Pink Ivory Wood Gabon Ebony Wood

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

Purple Heart - Wood Grain

Purple Heart Wood

Q: Is Purple Heart wood really a natural purple color?
A: Yes it is. We have had the opportunity to work with it a lot. Some pieces are more deep purple in color and others are more reddish purple. When the wood is fresh cut, it is all brighter purple. Over time as it is exposed to the sun, it will all turn to a darker richer shade of purple.
   
Pink Ivory - Wood Grain

Pink Ivory - Wood Grain
Q: Is Pink Ivory wood really a natural reddish / pink / salmon color?
A: YES
   
Gabon Ebony - Wood Grain Q: Is Gabon Ebony wood a solid black color?
A: YES


The images below are what the wood looks like naturally.


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Ordering Your Flute Options
1. You can order your flute now, online. Choose your flute below.
 2. You can call us, to place your order. Phone: 1-417-535-6032 
 3. You can email us, to place your order. Do NOT send your credit card information in the email.
   
 
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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    Cedar - Eastern
$80
Eastern Cedar Wood

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  Cedar - Western
$80
 Western Cedar Wood

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    Ash
$105
Ash Wood

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  Mahogany
$130
Mahogany Wood

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    Ash - Curly
$155
Curly Ash Wood

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  Maple
$105
Maple  Wood

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    Birch
$105
Birch  Wood

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  Maple - Curly - Figured
$155
 Curly - Figured Maple  Wood

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    Birch - Flame
$155
Flame Birch Wood

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  Oak - Red
$105
Red Oak Wood

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    Bloodwood
$130
Bloodwood

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  Oak - White
$105
White Oak Wood

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    Bubinga
$130
Bubinga Wood

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  Osage Orange
$130
Osage Orange - bois d'arc Wood

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    Bubinga - Pomelle
$155
Bubinga Pomelle Wood

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  Padauk
$130
Padauk Wood

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    Canary Wood
$130
CanaryWood

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  Red Heart
$130
Redheart Wood

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    Cherry
$105
Cherry Wood

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  Sassafras
$105
Sassafras Wood

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    Cherry - Curly
$155
Curly Cherry  Wood

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  Sitka Spruce
$105
Sitka Spruce Wood

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Kokopelli

 
           
    Ebony - Gabon
$180
Gabon Ebony Wood

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  Walnut
$105
Walnut Wood

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    Juniper
$105
Juniper Wood

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  Walnut - Curly
$155
Curly Walnut Wood

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    Lacewood
$130
Lacewood Wood

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  Yellow Heart
$130
YellowheartWood

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    Leopardwood
$130
Leopardwood Wood

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  Zebra Wood
$155
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 Diverse grain
 Kokopelli
Grain Type 1
Zebrawood

Grain Type 2
Zebrawood
 
           
    Purple Heart
$130
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 Diverse
colors
 Kokopelli
Grain/Color Type 1
Purple Heart Wood

Grain/Color Type 2
Purple Heart Wood
 

Pink Ivory
$180
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 Diverse
colors
 Kokopelli
Grain/Color Type 1
Pink Ivory Wood

Grain/Color Type 2
Pink Ivory Wood

 
           
    Kingwood
$155
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Diverse grain & colors
 Kokopelli
Grain/Color Type 1
Kingwood Wood

Grain/Color Type 2
Kingwood Wood
Grain/Color Type 3

 Kingwood Wood
   
           

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