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This does not mean that my flutes
will not sound authentic. I want you to take your flute
on holiday in your rucksack, or put it in the glove
box of your car when you go out. If you don't have it
with you you won't be able to play it. My flutes are
very strong and durable. Whilst I don't recomend you
do the same I have tested my flutes by leaving them
on radiators over night, in the back window of my car
in summer and taking them from a hot car out into a
cold winter's day. They have never cracked. If I could
not play my flutes out in nature it would reduce the
pleasure I get from them. As a matter of course I finish
my flutes with high gloss polurathane varnish inside
and out. It's durable and you never have to think about
it again. If you want an oiled flute or even an untreated
one to finish yourself just specify that when ordering.
I try to make flutes in harmony
with the way each culm has grown. Finishing as close
as possible just below the terminal node as this is
the strongest part of the Bamboo. Sometimes to make
a flute in a specific key requires the use of a sound
hole underneath the flute and above the terminal node.
This shortens the effective length of the bore and gives
a higher key note than would otherwise be possible.
This is normal practice amongst flute makers.
The links on the top left of
this page will tell you a little more about the different
kinds of flute I make. Check them out and see which
kind of flute best suits your needs. E-mail me at enquiry@hummingbirdflutes.co.uk
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