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For those of you who are already making good flutes, this “Native American Style Flute Shop Booklet” is what you want to get!!
Note that this is NOT a step-by-step book on how to make a Native Flute.
Instead, it is intended for folks who are already know how to make a Native Flute and it has many techniques and ideas on how to get your Native Flute making to the next level…. easier, quicker, and better!
The “Native American Style Flute Shop Booklet” has over 30 chapters of new ideas and techniques for advancing your Native Flute making.
Here is a list of those chapters:
1. Smooth Air Flow
2. SAC Exit-hole – Drilling Jig
3. Tapering Mouth-hole and SAC Exit-hole
4. Bore Sanders
5. Bore Sander – Tommy-gun
6. Sealing the SAC
7. Undercutting and Cleaning-up the Finger-holes
8. Sanding the FLUE
9. Decreasing the Size of the SAC Exit-hole
10. Breathiness
11. Wetting Out
12. Tuning the Finger-holes
13. Note Jumping (over-blowing)
14. FLUE – in the Nest versus in the Fetish-block
15. Wet Sanding Process
16. Shellac Dipping Tube
17. Determining Amount of Shellac Needed for a Dipping Tube
18. Magnets for Fetish-block ‘hold-down’
19. Toxicity of Woods
20. Equipment Dollies
21. Converting Rectangular Hole to a Round Hole
22. Patching a Hole in the Flute
23. FLUE – in the Nest versus in the Fetish-block (drawing)
24. Push Handles
25. Center-line Scribing Jig
26. Wind Blocker
27. Flute Sizing Ring
28. Inlaying Crushed Colored Stone
29. Cutting Leather
30. How to Buy Wood
31. Flute Cradle
32. Router Table Jack
33. Tuning and Temperature
34. This and That – Random Compilation of ‘Stuff’
35. Correcting Too Long of a TSH
36. Easy way to make the True Sound Hole (TSH)
37. Laminated Fetish Blocks
38. Contributors
At length, I discuss such topics as:
- Smooth Airflow – this should be the single most important objective of any. And I have written six pages on this topic alone!
- Toxicity of Woods – what potential problems can arise for yourself the flute makers, and just as importantly for those folks who might end up playing one of your native flutes. This article can help you with that.
- Buying Woods – learn to use the correct language and speaking to someone knowledgeable at the wood stores.
- Flue in the NEST versus Flue in the Fetish-block – one of these methods can cause more air turbulence than the other, which method is it?
- Concert tuning each finger hole on your Native Flute – this is the easiest proof method used. So simple! (aka as the ‘grandfather’ method.)
- Wet Sanding Process – a step-by-step process.
- Breathiness in the sound of a Native Flute – what is it?…. what causes it…. ?…. and how to correct it.
- Note Jumping, also known as Over-blowing – the most often question that I am asked is,”How do I control this?” There are 13 areas that I cover that you can try to help you with this problem.
- And dozens of more topics.
The “Native American Style Flute Shop Booklet” has over 100 photos and detailed information on these techniques:
- Wind blocker – with this inexpensive, simple to make wind blocker it makes it much easier to play your Native Flute outside in the wind.
- Cutting leather laces – by using leather clothing purchase cheaply at a thrift store and make your own leather laces for your native flute.
- Attaching fetish blocks – using magnets instead of leather laces…. using rare earth magnets.
- Flue Sanders – properly sanding the floor is usually a painstaking task, but with these homemade tools it becomes relatively easy.
- Slow Air Chamber (SAC) Exit-hole jig – learn how to make and use this jig that will allow you to make your Slow Air Chamber Exit-hole Jig which will consistently get your Slow Air Chamber Exit-hole drilled at the correct angle and correct location.
Here are some sample photos of the +30 chapters:
Inlaying Turquoise – Learn how to crush the turquoise, cut out the design in your Native Flute, and glue the turquoise in.
From this….
To this….
You Will Learn How To Do This!!
Patching an accidental hole in the Native Flute – Eventually most of us will accidentally sand too deep into our Native Flutes.
No need to throw it away.
Using this technique, it can now be repaired and the Native Flute ends up with a snazzy design.
This is the problem hole….
This is the patch….
And this is the finished repaired Native Flute….
You Will Learn How To Do This!!
Shellac PVC Dipping Tube – Learn how to make one and how to use it properly….
Undercutting of Finger holes – Learn the tools and the techniques for doing this….
Shop Dollies – Having to work alone and move your shop Power Equipment can be a ‘pain’.
Ideas how to make different Shop Dollies are shown….
And as NEW chapters are added…. you will get them for FREE!!
Folks, this eBook has a boat-load of information in it.
Don’t wait. Get yours now!!
The cost for the “Native American Style Flute Shop Booklet” Was $41. Now only $15
(You more experienced Native Flute builders know this is the eBook to get…. get it now.)