Our Process
How we make our flutes– 1 –
Machining the initial timber




– 2 –
Creating the flute blanks and cutting the voice box




– 3 –
Gluing flute blanks together into initial square form, including gluing the mouthpiece in



– 4 –
Hand branding our logo into each flute body



– 5 –
Turning the flute round and drilling the mouth hole



– 6 –
Sanding and prepping for first dip

– 7 –
Dipping process

– 8 –
First tuning the flute by length

– 9 –
Drilling finger holes and completing the Second tuning process by tuning each finger hole to the desired scale

– 10 –
Leave flute to acclimatise overnight and check tuning the next day, completing the third tune by making any necessary adjustments
– 11 –
Brand finger holes with hot branding iron as per traditional practice
– 12 –
Sanding the flute ready for the final dip, removing any burrs in the bore and finger holes for sound clarity

– 13 –
Hand signing the flute with a pyrography pen and adding the flute Key and serial number

– 14 –
Final dipping process

– 15 –
Final check of tuning
– 16 –
Lightly sand externally and buff with bees wax on the lathe

– 17 –
Enter measurements and flute details into stock

– 18 –
Add complimentary block and cord ready to be sold


