Old Style Flutes
About a week ago, I sold this flute on eBay. I received a lot of emails about it, so as you can see in the picture above, I’ve started a big batch of these old style flutes that should be done in a couple weeks.
I’m not quite sure what it is, but there’s just something about the older looking flutes that really appeals to me. There are a few guys making them — Michael Allen (Coyote Oldman), Raymond Redfeather, and Brian Akipa to name a few — but overall, they don’t seem to be that common. It seems like guys will spend weeks doing an incredible carving of a sea turtle or intricate inlay of dancing kokopellis or even an entire crew of dancing kokopellis riding a giant sea turtle. For some people, there can never be enough flutes with wacky animals on them. For me, there can never be enough of these old style flutes.
One of the members of our local flute circle wants me to make a replica of George Catlin’s flute. I’ve also been toying around with doing a series of flutes based on some of the old ones in the Dayton C. Miller Collection. I’ve got plenty of wood. Now I just need to find the time…