Make Your Own Wooden Flute

by Steve Schmeck

Overview

“Make Your Own Wooden Flute” is a practical, step-by-step guide to creating a simple wooden flute you can play and enjoy. You can build your own wooden flute by following the well illustrated steps presented in this compact book.
The book covers:
– Tools
– The process
– Stock selection
– Boring and roughing the blank
– Turning the tube
– Marking and drilling the finger holes
– Tuning and finishing the flute
– Playing your first tune
– Fingering chart
– Tunes to get you started
Each step is illustrated and the text is geared toward folks who have no prior experience making musical instruments. Additional information on how you might make multiple flutes is also provided. In the examples described in this guide the author turns a piece of firewood into a nice looking and sounding wooden flute. You can do it too!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046611458
Publisher:	ManyTracks
Publication date:	02/23/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	288,684
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Steve Schmeck has been involved in woodworking since he was young and it has been a large part of his life ever since. He, with his wife, Sue Robishaw, designed and built their own off-grid house and homestead where they have lived for forty years. It is full of Steve’s passion for hand-made and his life as a fiddler, wood carver, boat builder, artist and tinkerer. He is a nationally recognized bowl and spoon carver with both bowls and spoons in many private collections.