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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

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branding-2

– 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

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– 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