Tone Hole Flute

Flutes are, of course, ancient family of woodwind instruments. I generally play natural material (bamboo and other wood) transverse flutes that utilize tone holes without keys and pads.

Since 2014, I've been building my own flutes from bamboo, gourds, and even poke weed (poke weed is toxic; don't do this except at your own risk). I'd love to try dried sunflower stalks, but I've not been able to grow or source any of suffienct size and quality. My own foray into flute building was inspired by the work of another maker whose flutes I also play, the flute guru DAS, but there are many quality flutemakers to be found around the world. At present, I build mine only for my own use.

Some of my bamboo flutes. The top one is a rescue "rebuild" of a DAS flute that I broke.

Flutes made from gourds, my most recent venture.

Other Instruments

Find out more about the all the instruments I build and play.

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