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Fundy Flutes - by Brian Townsend, 3586 Scenic Drive, Alma, NB (2026)

05/02/2026

New at Fundy Flutes - Wolf Flute Dmi with 432 tuning. Howling at the moon.

Overview: This is a hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind, 6-hole Native American style flute in the key of D minor with an ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.

In the early stages of this flute I was admiring the dark twisty lines of the woodgrain and I imagined it looked like smoke rising and before the wood was oiled to colours made me think of a wolf. The wolf: iconic image of wilderness.

—— Flute specifications ——
Key: D4 minor
Tuning Reference: A4=432 Hz.
Intonation: Just Intonation
Finger Holes: 6-hole, Ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.
Scale: Pentatonic minor scale + 8 note major scale.
Upper register notes: major 9th and minor 10th.
Overall Length: 659 mm
Weight: 170 grams
Outside diameter: 35 mm
Bore length: 488 mm
Bore Profile: tapered, 28.575 > 25.4 mm
TSH width: 16.6 mm
TSH length: 4.56 mm
Wood: Black Limba
Nest/Sound Hole Insert: Red Heart
Block/Totem wood: Eastern Red Cedar carved & painted Wolf head & shoulders.
Finger hole span: bottom 3 notes: 72 mm
Wood finish: organic walnut oil inside and out by total immersion for 24 hours. Then buffed.

This flute is very responsive with a light touch, with a warm clear sound. Reaching for the upper register notes takes no additional effort.

Incidentally: if my use of the ergonomic finger hole layout troubles you and you would prefer a flute with holes in a straight line I can accommodate you. Or perhaps you would like ergonomic left-handed. Just let me know - before I have drilled the holes(!).

In the video: you will note that at the end I play the pentatonic scale from low to high including the major 9th and minor 10th notes in the upper register and then I play a major 8 note scale descending from the minor 10th note.

Carving the Wolf head and shoulders was a job in itself but the painting was a struggle. In spite of using a couple of special paint brushes for painting fur I ended up removing the paint and starting over at least 10 times. Those fur brushes are made for a much bigger picture. On my little wolf head carving the effect was like paint splatters. To get the texture and colours to show up I had to first paint the whole thing black. I struggled with it over several days. In studying several wolf pictures I found the colour can vary from light grey to brown to black with a wide range of variations in between.

I have been working at making a video that I can export directly with no editing, except for trimming a couple of seconds at the start and end.
I struggled at first getting a loud enough volume in the audio when recorded into my phone. I have put the video in the comments section. It might come a day or two later.

And for the curious, I am using 2 mics because the condenser mic for the flute has the address side facing straight down for the flute. But that is not a good angle to speak into it so I’m using a regular PA mic to speak into.

If you think of your inner self as being wild and untamed then perhaps the Wolf Flute is meant for you.

04/29/2026

What else can I do with my flute besides playing songs?

Even before you can play songs you can use your flute in your meditation practice or in a chakra practice. I’ll leave the description of the chakra practice for another day.

Even if you are not interested in meditation itself you can use the long slow breathing as a way to calm the busy stuff in your head and relax your body. It is a combination of breath work and focus.

Note: I had to cut pieces out of the video to make it fit. Hopefully you will get the idea from it.

Perhaps you have tried meditation before and found it boring. With your flute you have something to do to keep your mind busy. Give it a try.

After you have been sitting calmly and steadying your breath for a few minutes. Perhaps inhaling for a count of 3 seconds (or more if you like), and exhaling for a count of 5 seconds (or more). Take a good lung filling breath.

Pick up your flute and on the exhale play your lowest note (all finger holes covered) and hold that note steady until it’s time to inhale again. You should be able to play the note as long as your regular slow exhale. There’s no need to play loud. The same breath as if you weren’t playing the flute. It’s about the same breath pressure. Then you can play the same note again on the next breath.

You will realize that playing the flute takes no more breath pressure than a regular exhale. If you time how long your exhale can be without the flute and then with the flute they come out pretty much the same.

There are 2 types of breathing. One is chest breathing. You take as breath and feel your chest rise and fall. But there is also diaphragm breathing, or belly breathing. You take a breath and watch your belly rise but your chest stays pretty much the same. Now try starting with belly breathing and then continue inhaling to fill your chest. When you combine belly breathing with chest breathing you will have more than your normal lung capacity. This comes in handy when you have to play a long melody line with no opportunity to take a breath part way along.

In your meditation try doing chest breathing for a while and then switch to belly breathing.

Combining chest breathing and belly breathing is a very valuable tool to remember in your flute playing practice.

Focus on playing the note smoothly and steadily. As you play, just listen to the sound of your flute as you exhale. Focus on the sound. Imagine your body is a big hollow space and sound can vibrate in your body like in a cave. Remember the sound when you have stopped exhaling and keep the note playing in your head. Imagine the pure sound waves still resonating in your body cave and when you start playing the note again on the next exhale your memory of the note and the new note merge like a duet reinforcing each other.

Focus on producing a pure steady note. Listen intently to the note as you are playing it. You and the note become one. You are the note. You can imagine it like a continuous oohhhhmm. If you want to switch to a different note that’s ok too.

Imagine the harmony between the previous note and the new note. Hold the previous note in your mind as you play the new note. For instance: changing from the all holes closed note to just the bottom hole open is the minor 3rd interval. Then the all holes closed note to the note played with the bottom 2 holes open is the perfect 4th, another beautiful harmony pair. Then the bottom 3 holes open plays the perfect 5th interval from the all holes closed note.

So now you are learning something about the intervals of the flute notes and the pentatonic scale. From the root note to the minor 3rd, to the 4th, to the 5th. All beautiful intervals.

Just focus your attention on producing a pure smooth steady note. Focus on your breathing. A relaxed long inhale and a longer exhale. See how long you can stretch that exhale while still playing a pure smooth note. Just focus on the breathing and listening to the relaxing sound you are making.

When you have been doing that for a few minutes you will discover you have no other busy thoughts in your head. Just what meditation is supposed to do. The flute gives you something to focus your attention on. It helps drive out any mental chatter in your head. You will feel very calm and relaxed.

If you still have busy thoughts in your head, refine your focusing on the sound of the flute as you exhale. There is something interesting going on here. If your mind is busy playing the note smoothly who is it that is listening? Yes, it is a different channel of your brain. It is your base consciousness. This is the part of your brain that acts as the observer or the witness to your actions. This is something else you learn in meditation. When your busy mind starts replaying familiar movies in your head your base consciousness is the part that recognizes that this is just a recycled movie your mind keeps dragging out to keep you upset. In this way you can learn not to take those recycled mind movies so seriously.

After playing the root note on the first inhale/exhale, on the next cycle start with the root note briefly as a lead-in note to the minor 3rd note. Then on the next breath cycle start in the minor 3rd and switch up to the 4th. Then on the next breath cycle start on the 4th interval and switch up to the 5th. Then start over on the root note.

An important part of learning to play the flute is teaching your fingers where the holes are. This is developing muscle memory. The key word there is “memory”.

You don’t develop muscle memory by playing your flute occasionally and trying to remember where you were last time. Muscle Memory is created by repetition. 15 minutes practice every day is vastly more effective than practicing for 2 hours once a week. In fact even 10 minutes every day is more effective than 2 hours once a week. Just playing the notes up and down the flute, or in smaller groups is helping your fingers develop muscle memory. Soon you will be able to confidently land your fingers on the holes without any leaks. This is STEP ONE in learning your play the flute.

As you are developing the muscle memory in your fingers pay attention to the sound of each note. If you pay close attention to the fi*****ng of the note and the sound of the note at the same time the sound will become part of the muscle memory so that thinking the note will cause your fingers to automatically form the necessary fi*****ng to play that note. It is very worthwhile taking the time to develop this type of muscle memory because when it is learned you can play the notes that comes to your mind without having to think about what your fingers are doing.

The size of the step from one note to the next is called an interval. You will soon hear that not all the intervals are the same. What you are really learning as you pay close attention to the sound while switching from one note to the next is the size of the step between the notes. The interval.

04/21/2026

Fundy Flutes now has a page on the Excellence NB website in the Craft Arts section

04/05/2026

Here at Fundy Flutes
I have a variety of flute stands and flute bags available for your flute.

In this photo I have 2 flute stands made of Spalted Birch wood but I may have other woods available, such as Eastern Red Cedar. The flute stands have a strip of rubber lining each yoke that supports the flute to protect your flute from scratches. Flute bag fabrics and colours vary with availability.
I sometimes have driftwood flute stands and a half log style flute stand available.

If your flute is displayed in a conspicuous place in your home where you are bound to see it as you move around the house you will be more likely to practice your flute playing than if your flute is stored in a drawer upstairs.

Invariably the situation will arise that you want to take your flute with you as you visit a friend or go for a hike but how will you protect it from bumps and scrapes? The Flute Bags are fleece-lined and have an adjustable shoulder strap for convenient carrying. The green flute bag in the photo is made with waterproof fabric that is well suited for hiking or going to a campfire. And in case you are wondering, yes, I make them myself.

There is nothing more atmospheric than a Native American style flute being played at an evening campfire.

04/05/2026

New at Fundy Flutes - E4mi Olive wood flute.
Overview: This is a hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind, 6-hole Native American style flute in the key of E with a tapered bore and an ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.

—— Flute specifications ——
Key: E4 minor
Tuning Reference: A=440Hz.
Intonation: Equal Temperament.
(plays well with others)
Finger Holes: 6-hole, Ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.
Scale: Pentatonic minor scale + 8 note major scale
Upper register notes: major 9th and minor 10th.
Overall Length: 593 mm
Weight: 251 grams
Outside diameter: 33.5 mm
Bore length: 427 mm
Bore Profile: tapered bore, 25.4 > 22.225 mm
TSH width: 16.13 mm
TSH length: 4.88 mm
Wood: Olive
Nest/Sound Hole Insert: tempered Curly Maple
Block/Totem: Spalted Birch
Finger hole span: bottom 3 notes: 64.4 mm
Wood finish: organic walnut oil inside and out by total immersion for 24 hours. Then buffed.

This flute is very responsive with a light touch, with a warm clear sound.

Incidentally: if my use of the ergonomic finger hole layout troubles you and you would prefer a flute with holes in a straight line I can accommodate you. Just let me know.

** Video posted as the first comment **

In the video: you will note that at the end I play the pentatonic scale from low to high including the major 9th and minor 10th notes in the upper register and then I play a major 8 note scale descending from the minor 10th note.

I have been working at making a video that I can export directly with no editing, except for trimming a couple of seconds at the start and end.
I struggled at first getting a loud enough volume in the audio when recorded into my phone

And for the curious, I am using 2 mics because the condenser mic for the flute has the address side facing straight down for the flute. But that is not a good angle to speak into it so I’m using a regular PA mic to speak into.

03/23/2026

New at Fundy Flutes - Cmi walnut flute 432 JI.

Overview: This is a hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind, 6-hole Native American style flute with an ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing. It was custom made to a customer’s specifications. He had already bought E and D flutes from me and now wanted a lower tone flute.

At that point I had known him for a couple of years and visited him at his home. Yes, we have become friends. We have a number of interests in common and continue to learn things from each other. I especially admire the way he turns his feelings and beliefs into actions. For instance, getting up early to play his flute with the sunrise at has favourite places by the water.

This time he wanted a lower tone flute and chose the key of C, with 432 tuning and Just Intonation. He wanted this to be a dark coloured flute and chose Black Walnut for the wood. But that was just the beginning.

We began an extended conversation about what this flute symbolized to him and how we might capture that in this flute.

We exchanged a series of messages and emails exploring many ideas. I kept him informed about how I was progressing with the making of his flute including some photos of the construction process and how and why I made certain details in the design and construction.

It is the first time I had discussed so many details about my work process with a customer, or anyone for that matter. I made a number of photos of the work I do that I think sets my flutes apart from others. He found this interaction helped him know more about his flute and what was involved in making it.

One thing we had hoped to incorporate was a round moonstone, the size of a nickel, to be inset on top of the flute above the top finger hole. After looking far and wide we could not find one. Spherical moonstones, yes. Irregular lumpy moonstones, yes. But not a curved top round disk the size of a nickel. We learned that most people who make jewelry don’t actually make the component parts. We would have to go a step up the chain to the people who shape the stones and tumble them.

Instead of the moonstone I cut a nickel sized piece out of an Abalone shell and that became the symbol of the moon inset on the flute.

I had a double pointed crystal that looked like a moonstone and I inset that in the block. I discovered a curious thing while photographing the flute. Light travelling through the light bluish crystal projects an orange line below the crystal. This goes against everything I know about photographic filters. Then when I was at the Passage store I spotted a similar crystal. And yes, it shows an orange line projected below the crystal from an overhead light. But it’s not a moonstone, it is opalite.

Opalite is a laboratory made glass-like material often formed into crystal shapes that is sometimes sold as moonstone and opal. To make opalite you start by melting silica based quartz sand, add various amounts of fluorine, metal oxide, kaolin, and sodium until you get the right diffraction effect. That orange colour is a distinctive feature of opalite. It has become a popular energy stone. And much cheaper than real opals. In the photo that shows the crystal it appears to have its own inner light.

During my messaging I realized I had started a new project; Making a photographic record with words of all the steps I do in making a flute. I started thinking… I’m not getting any younger. Sooner or later I will have to stop making flutes and I don’t want what I have learned to be lost. I would like to be able to pass on the art of flute making to someone interested in carrying on after me. Well, it’s a beginning.

…..Flute specifications: …..
Key: C4 minor.
Tuning Reference: A=432Hz.
Intonation; Just Intonation or pure intonation.
Finger Holes: 6-hole, Ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.
Scale: Pentatonic minor scale + 8 note major scale
Upper register notes: major 9th and minor 10th.
Overall Length: 669mm
Weight: 271.5 grams
Outside diameter: 40.2mm
Bore length: 535 mm
Bore Profile: tapered bore, 31.607 > 28.45mm
TSH width: 18.75mm
TSH length: 5.6mm
Wood: Black Walnut
Nest/Sound Hole Insert: RedHeart
Block/Totem: Black Walnut
Removable mouthpiece: white curly maple.
Finger hole span: bottom 3 notes: 78mm
Flute theme or title: Perle des Vents
Wood finish: organic walnut oil inside and out by total immersion for 24 hours.
Graphics: a customized version of Kokopelli with 3 symbols that are representations of instructions for you to follow by stopping, relaxing in one place while you follow the steps, the spiral represents slowing down and concentrating on your Breath, the circle, instructs you to listen, the heart, telling you to pay attention to what you feel while becoming part of the natural cycle of life. So far you might say this is much like meditation.

Above Kokopelli is the 4th symbol, a sun-like symbol, a circle with 4 radiating lines is a representation of bringing the previous steps all together.
- The spirit
- The life force
- The love
- The light
- Ruah, the spirit of life

How would you characterize that in relation to meditation? While meditation looks inward this looks inward and then outward. Calm yourself. See if you can feel the wonder of life all around you. You are a part of nature.

This flute is a delight to play, with a full rich voice that sounds at home in nature.

I very much enjoyed the process of bringing this flute into reality. Making a flute that is very meaningful for someone is one of my favourite things about flute making. It is first of all a top quality instrument.

I can custom make a flute for you, too. Contact me if you would like to explore the idea.

03/17/2026

New at Fundy Flutes - Waves Flute

As I was working on this flute I began thinking about the many types of waves and frequencies: sound waves, light waves, water waves, sand waves on the beach, the waves in the woodgrain of curly maple, the many levels of sound waves in music, the ever present EMF waves bombarding us all the time, the sinuous wave motion of squirrels bounding across the yard, the vibration of atoms, healing frequencies, brainwaves, etc. Truly life is all about waves and frequencies.

The distinctive tiger striped effect of the grain pattern in curly maple is an interesting example. The wood is actually the same colour all the way through. The striped pattern is caused by the up and down wave-like structure of the grain in the wood. It isn’t straight. It literally does undulate up and down through the wood at a rate of about 1 wave per cm. As the light strikes the different angles of the wood grain the light is reflected and absorbed differently depending on the angle of the woodgrain which results in the appearance of stripes.

Overview: This is a hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind, 6-hole Native American style flute with an ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.

…..Flute specifications: …..
Key: D minor.
Tuning Reference: A=440Hz.
Intonation; Equal Temperament (Standard Tuning).
Finger Holes: 6-hole, Ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.
Scale: Pentatonic minor scale + 8 note major scale
Upper register notes: major 9th and minor 10th.
Overall Length: 653mm
Weight: 227.3 grams
Outside diameter: 36.17mm
Bore length: 482 mm
Bore Profile: tapered bore, 28.18 > 25.91mm
TSH width: 16.45mm
TSH length: 4.85mm
Wood: heat treated Curly Maple
Nest/Sound Hole Insert: RedHeart
Block/Totem: light curly maple
Finger hole span: bottom 3 notes: 76mm
Flute theme or title: Waves
Wood finish: organic walnut oil inside and out by total immersion for 24 hours.
Graphics: a wave design on both sides of the flute near the bottom end symbolizes the many types of waves embodied in this flute.
The arrow-shaped collection of diminishing circles on top of the flute just above the finger holes is a long tapered seashell that I ground flat on both sides to expose the inner structure, which is highly geometric. It symbolizes the progression of musical notes from low to high.

The block/totem design is a variation on the wave tail design I often use. In this version the tail has an additional undulation to further emphasize the wave theme.

The background photos are from Waterside beach. I have often photographed the beautiful wave patterns in the sand at low tide and they seemed a fitting companion for the Waves flute.

The curly maple in this flute comes from Thermalwood Canada in Bathurst. They specialize in heat treating specialty woods. The wood is heated in a huge oven in the absence of oxygen (or the wood would burst into flames) for many hours to dry and stabilize the wood from warping later on. The stabilized nature of the wood makes it ideal and widely used in musical instrument manufacturing. This particular curly maple has been given the Medium Roast. There is also a dark roast.

This flute has a wonderful full warm sound. It feels anxious to play. It comes with waves already built into the wood so you can tell it was made for music.

You can see and hear this flute for yourself at my studio. Message me to make an appointment.

02/16/2026

New at Fundy Flutes - C4 Eastern Red Cedar Flute 432Hz JI tuning. This flute is dedicated to the earth tone frequencies you get with 432Hz. tuning. The sacred geometry symbols on the flute, the Seed of Life, and Metatron’s Cube, remind us of the significance of important frequencies. The entire reason we want 432Hz. tuning.

If you like a lower tone full-bodied flute pay attention! C4 is about the lowest of the mid-range flutes that is still easy to play. Beyond that, the flutes are getting longer and bigger around and the finger holes are farther apart, which makes them a bit harder to play until you get used to the bigger finger span stretch.

This is flute #3 of the group of 4 that my I was working so hard to get finished before the Self-Love Market a couple of weeks ago. Since I started posting this group of 4 flutes 2 have already sold. Although to be fair, one of them was sold even before I started making it.

Incidentally: every flute customer gets a free beginner flute lesson and a set of PDF documents to help them get started on their flute playing journey. There are some good online resources in there, too.

Flute overview: An Eastern Red Cedar flute with a tapered bore, and removable mouthpiece, with 432Hz. tuning with Just Intonation, and plays the minor 10th in the upper register.

This flute sounds great! It is powerful and responsive. A rich warm sound yet plays with a relatively light breath.

Specifications for this flute:
6-hole Native American style flute with an ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing
Key: C minor
Tuning: A=432Hz.
Intonation: Just Intonation
Wood: Eastern Red Cedar (aromatic)
Block/totem: Spalted Birch
Sound hole inset: tempered Curly Maple
Mouthpiece (removable): Spalted Birch
Overall length: 714mm
Outside diameter: 39.5mm
Weight: 235.9 grams
Bore length: 535.5mm
Bore profile: tapered bore
Bore diameter: 31.5 > 29.1mm
Wall thickness: 3.99mm
Finger holes: Ergonomic layout for easier playing.
Finger hole notes: (low to high) root-C4, D #4, F4, G4, G #4, A #4, C5 (octave), & D5, D #5 in the upper register. That is the major 9th & minor 10th notes in the upper register.

What does C4 mean? Or D5? I could just skip the numbers and say it is a C minor flute. But that could be either a very high flute or a very low one. How can we describe which C it is? The numbers define the octave numbers in the standardized MIDI note map. C tells you which note it is. 4 tells you which octave that C belongs to. C & 4 together define a very specific note. But for an experienced flute player if you say it’s a C flute and it is a couple of feet long they would know right away what it is.

The tapered bore makes it possible to get the minor 10th to play while still keeping the finger hole spacing for the bottom three notes at a very reasonable distance ( ).

Every wind instrument accumulates some condensation from the player’s warm breath as they play. The removable mouthpiece is very useful to make it easier to dry the condensation that accumulates inside the flute after a session of playing.

If you see a flute that interests you in my posts you can visit my studio to see and hear it in person. Send me a message through this page.

People sometimes say “I would love to buy one of your flutes but I’m not sure if I could actually play it”. Come and visit my studio and we will sit down and I will show you what is involved in playing the flute and give you a free flute playing lesson and a flute to try playing while you are here. Hopefully you will discover that playing the flute is quite easy. It just takes a little practice.

Here’s a good tip for beginning flute players looking to learn a couple of songs. Spend some time listening to NA flute music. Look for songs that were actually composed and played on a Native American flute.

02/12/2026

New at Fundy Flutes - Raven Flute E4minor 432 tuning. This flute has been sold.

I enjoy watching the interaction of the local crows in their clan or tribe-like society. And through them I also got to know some Ravens. This flute is dedicated to the Crows & Ravens. They clearly act as a team ensuring the survival of them all.

Overview of this flute:
It is a 6-hole Native American style flute with 432Hz. tuning, Just Intonation, and a tapered bore, to enable playing the minor 10th in the upper register, and an ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.

The “Modern” Native American Flute:
Prior to about 1984 there was no agreed upon standard fi*****ng or tuning. There were several different tunings and fi*****ngs in common use. With the blossoming popularity of the NAF (thanks in part to Carlos Nakai) it became necessary to make a flute that could fit in with other instruments that use standard tuning, like guitar and piano, to make sound recordings. This “plays well with others” philosophy did not structurally change the flute, but it coincided with a huge increase in the popularity of the NAF in New Age, meditation and relaxation music. That popularity motivated a new wave of people wanting to play the flute. There have also been people who have studied the flute in a very scientific way to better understand how it works and how to make it work better. We also need to consider that we have vastly different tools available today than 2500 years ago.

The Raven Flute Specs:
6-hole Native American style Flute
Finger hole layout: Ergonomic for easier playing
Tuning Reference: A4=432Hz.
Temperament: Just Intonation
Wood: Eastern Red Cedar (aromatic)
Sound hole insert: heat treated curly maple
Raven Totem wood: Spalted Birch
Overall length: 598.5mm
Outside Diameter: 33.75mm
Weight: 163.3 grams
Bore Length: 429.25mm
Bore Profile: Tapered Bore
Bore Diameter(s): 25.205mm > 22.6mm
TSH Width: 15mm
Finger hole span: Bottom 3 holes:
Finger hole notes: low to high, (root) E4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F #5, G5,
Upper Register notes: major 9th, minor 10th,
Laser etched near the bottom of the flute: a crow feather outline I made from an actual crow feather.

A short note about Just intonation and 432 Hz. tuning: Standard tuning is A=440Hz. With Equal Temperament. Up until the early 1950s standard tuning was A=432Hz. and many people believe this change to 440 tuning was a plot to reduce the power of music to help control the masses. Lots of people still like to use 432 Hz. tuning. It is based on a multiple of the Earth’s Base Resonant Frequency.
Just Intonation is pure tuning and it is great for an instrument like the NAF that plays in only one key. Instruments like the piano that can play in all keys had a problem in that the same note played in 3 keys could not be properly tuned for each key so the note was moved slightly out of tune to average the error for each key so that overall it sounds close enough. That is called Equal Temperament. For a solo instrument Just Intonation has a purer sound.

02/10/2026

New at Fundy Flutes - The FireBird Flute!

As the date of the Self-Love Market in Grande Digue (Feb.7) was approaching I had 4 flutes in various stages of completion and I worked overtime to get them all completed in time for the show. I will be presenting all four flutes here in the next few days.

About the FireBird Flute:

I’m careful not to copy any Native American artwork in making my flutes, aiming instead to create my own take on ancient themes. I had been working on a ThunderBird theme but when this piece of RedHeart wood came off the lathe it had some fire-like marking that inspired me to shift my focus to the FireBird.

RedHeart is a very fine-grained hardwood with beautiful reddish markings. It is a harder wood to cut and shape but it produces a very smooth surface that polishes well.

FireBird Flute Specs.
Overview: this is a 6-hole Native American style flute in the key of D4minor, tuned A=440, Equal Temperament, (which means Standard Tuning) with a tapered bore, and it plays the major 9th and the minor 10th in the upper register. The minor 10th note is one octave about the lowest hole note and provides a useful melodic extension to the upper range of the notes.
Has an excellent sound, plays well, very responsive.

Key: D4 minor Pentatonic scale.
Tuning Reference: A=440Hz. Equal Temperament (Standard Tuning).
Finger Holes: 6-hole, Ergonomic finger hole layout for easier playing.
Scale: Pentatonic minor scale + 8 note major scale
Overall Length: 639mm
Weight: 272.9 grams
Bore Profile: tapered bore, 28.32 > 25.32mm
Bore length: 472mm
Outside diameter: 36.4mm
Nest/Sound Hole Insert: Obsidian Ebony
Block/Totem: painted carved wood FireBird head with flames
Finger hole span: bottom 3 notes, just 68mm (beginner friendly)

This flute is a joy to play, full warm sound, with the upper register notes as easy to play as the lower register notes.

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