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Sitting quietly in the cedar woods near my house where I find
wood for flutes. |
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Coming home with wood for new
flutes. |
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The workshop where all the flutes and totems
are made. |
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Splitting the wood |
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The wood is into blanks, split,the two halves
are hollowed, and jointed. |
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The two halves of the flute are then glued
together. |
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The flute body and mouthpiece are carefully
carved. |
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The holes are drilled, then sized exactly with
a woodburning tool. |
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Each hole is tuned to a chromatic tuner for
precise tonal accuracy. |
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The totem (in this case a mountain lion) is
sketched and the resulting shape "roughed out". |
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Hard corners become curves. |
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The shape is gradually
refined... |
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The totem is then hand-finished with 5 coats of
organic linseed oil and a coat of beeswax. |
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At last, time to bring a little more music into
the world! |
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