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Native American Drone Flute in E

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(@olg-woodworks)
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My first Native American drone flute. Not traditional construction in any way. Eastern red cedar, maple for the mouth piece, light walnut for center block.

Learned tons from it. As my first drone flute it is far from perfect. It is essentially two flutes you play as one. I made it in the note of E.

Things that are off:
The top note on the playing flute is E flat. So when the two flutes harmonize they sound a little off. To make it sharper I would need to make the finger hole bigger but it is already fairly large so leaving it as is. Also I made the mouth holes to far apart. Really needs to be way closer to play comfortably.

Four coats of poly. Had a little bit of run so need to lightly sand tomorrow and apply another coat.


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(@olg-woodworks)
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Using a lion bust for the totem. third coat of poly just applied. Block is 2.5" x 3" x .5". Not exactly sure what lumber is the block. Pulled it out of my scrap bin. The carving is in oak.


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(@want2b)
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A man of many talents.  Had never heard of that flute but it looks intriguing to play. I can't carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it without bringing tears to peoples eyes. A gentle hum along is my speed. 

Rick


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Thanks. It is far from perfect but it was a good learning project.

I also can not keep a tune but the beauty of these is you just play without worry of actually playing a song. Playing notes and connecting them together on how you are feeling at that moment is good enough. 😀


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(@want2b)
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Finished product is beautiful


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