Native American Style Drone flute in the Key of F# with an Ammonite Inlay

This is a 7 hole Extended Scale drone with the seventh hole being the thumb hole on the back of the flute. To play the flute as a standard 6 hole configuration, keep the thumb hole covered.

Materials:

Flute body is made of Sapele wood and the accents are of Maple wood. Flute is finished with Hand Rubbed Polyurethane and the inside of the sound chamber is left unsealed to preserve the natural resonance of wood. Slow Air chamber is soaked with food grade Mineral Oil. Sapele is a dense hardwood and it produces clear and loud tone. The drone is inlaid with an Ammonite Fossil.

Dimensions:

– Overall Length – 22 inches

– Bore Diameter – 7/8 inch

– From mouth piece to the center of 6th hole – 11-3/4 inches

– From mouth piece to the center of 1st hole – 17-1/2 inches

– Largest distance between playing holes is 1 inch (hole 3-2)

– Largest playing hole diameter is 3/8th

The flute is tuned to 432Hz

If the flute is on Backorder:

When the flute is on Backorder it simply means that I would have to build it for you. You can place your order as you would with the regular purchase, the only difference is that it would take me from 2-3 or 3-4 weeks to finish it and mail it to you, depending on the load of present orders. If you don’t mind waiting I would love to recreate the flute for you.

I will do my best to recreate the flute, depending on wood availability from my supplier and my “Cutoff Box” which is where I keep pieces of wood from other flute projects to add accents to new flute orders. If the wood of your choice for the accents is not available, I will let you know and suggest closest replacement in look and feel, to complement the overall look and color palette of the flute.

 This is a 7 hole Extended Scale drone flute with the seventh hole being the thumb hole on the back of the instrument. Included with the drone flute is a leather strap which you can use to cover the seventh thumb hole to play the flute as a standard 6 hole configuration.

Materials:

Flute body is made of Sapele wood and the accents are of Hard Maple wood. Flute is finished with Hand Rubbed Polyurethane  and the inside of the sound chamber is left unsealed to preserve the natural resonance of wood. Citrine Quartz cluster is inlaid into the body of the flute. Leather straps are used to hold Totem to the flute body.

When ordering this flute to be built custom (when Backordered), I may use an Amethyst quartz cluster instead of Citrine cluster due to higher availability of Amethyst crystal, but please to specify if you would prefer the Citrine Quartz instead, as originally Citrine has been chosen to complement the Color of Sapele wood in the flute design.

Dimensions:

– Overall Length – 20 and 1/2 inches

– Bore Diameter – 7/8th of an inch

– From mouth end to the center of 6th hole – 10 inches

– From mouth end to the center of 1st hole – 15 inches

– Largest distance between playing holes (hole 3 to 2) is 1 and 1/4 inches

– Largest playing hole diameter is 3/8th of an inch

If the flute is on Backorder:

When the flute is on Backorder it simply means that I would have to build it for you. You can place your order as you would with the regular purchase, the only difference is that it would take me from 2-3 or weeks to finish it and mail it to you, depending on the load of present orders. If you don’t mind waiting I would love to recreate the flute for you. I will do my best to recreate the flute, depending on wood availability from my supplier and my “Cutoff Box” which is where I keep pieces of wood from other flute projects to add accents to new flute orders. If the wood of your choice for the accents or a stone for inlay are not available, I will let you know and suggest closest replacement, to complement the overall look and color palette of the flute.