Craftsman Flutes

The Craftsman flute is made of two contrasting colors (species) of wood combined in the same instrument. I do not butt glue pieces of wood together on the ends of the flute as you may see with other makers. A butt joining of two end grain pieces of wood does not produce a good strong lasting joint between the different woods. Rather with an Ancient Territories flute the two pieces of wood are cut and glued at a forty five degree angle. Although this is more difficult to do than just butt joining one piece of wood to another it produces greater glue joint surface and thus a stronger connection (joint) between the two woods. It also, coincidentally, creates a more attractive design. The Craftsman flute has a block or totem made of the same two contrasting woods as the flute itself. I call the shape of this block the sound wave.

The Craftsman flute is carefully hand shaped and finished to create and instrument that you will be proud to own. The final finish coat of semi gloss polyurethane varnish is lightly sanded and buffed to remove any imperfections and produce a very smooth surface.

As with all Ancient Territories Native American style flutes the tone holes are positioned so that the player can produce two pentatonic scales and easily cross finger additional notes. If you are looking for something a little out of the ordinary you have found it in the Craftsman flute.

The Grade ‘A’ natural turquoise beads that secure the buckskin band are individually selected for color and shape.