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Native American Flutes

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Hello Everyone,
I have a real interest in making a Native American Flute. Found alot of info on line, however somewhat vague. Have any of you woodworking Pro,s made these flutes? If so, could you share your knowledge with me?
 
#4 ·
Take a look at this guy's site, http://www.jimsflutes.com/fluteprocess.htm I met him at a woodcrafts show in upstate NY this summer. He's ridiculously passionate about what he makes, and is also an excellent player, he could be a good contact, he really enjoys talking about his work, and had flutes in process at the show to show how it was done. He does a $20 version for grins and giggles out of "Urban Bamboo" AKA PVC pipe, but the rest of his work is very expensive, but doubtlessly worth it for the quality
 
#6 ·
Look up on this site the title "flutes" or Dennis Hepler and find where he combine several blogs, step by step on F#
7/8 bore size of Tsh, where to place finger holes and size and what note each hole should be, base upon cross fingering. Do not drill finger hole given right off start small 5/16 and enlarge, outside temperature should be around 72 to 75 when tuning or tune in side, you can contact him at dhhepler@gmail.com, has helped alot of individual
 
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