This flute is made from a stunning piece of highly figured port Orford cedar. The wood has a bright yellow color and an amazing erratic flame pattern with some areas of tight ripples and others of large, quilted waves. It shimmers and changes in the light. Please note that this flute has some filled checks on the back side. Take a look at the photos before buying. This is a medium weight softwood with a silky-smooth finish. It has a lovely strong aroma of spicy cedar and lemons. There are a few stabilized checks which is common with such figured woods. These are not structural and won’t affect the durability of the flute, but I want any buyer to be aware of them. This is the last D flute available in this wood! If you love it, buy now! I will likely never be able to find this unique and beautiful wood again with figure like this. 

This flute is made from FSC certified wood.  FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits.

Flutes in the key of D are more difficult to play than some of the higher pitched keys and are better suited for people with some flute playing experience or people with experience playing other instruments. The reason for this is that they have a larger overall length and the spacing of the fingering holes is quite big. We do cluster the finger holes in groups of three, but the lower three holes are spread far apart and could be difficult for some hand sizes to play. If you are drawn to the sound of this key but are worried it may be too big, you can try a smaller key such as F or E and work your way down to the D. The stretch feels much more manageable once your fingers get used to playing the flute and as you play larger and larger flutes you will gain dexterity and flexibility in the fingers.

This flute is a 6 hole Native American style flute tuned to the universal standard 440hz tuning which in non musical terms means that it will be compatible with most other instruments. This flute features a pentatonic minor scale but with the guidance of the included fingering chart and some practice, you can learn to play many other scales.

 

 

These kit blocks have a 7/16 groove that is suitable for all three keys of our pre tuned kit as well as our Basic flutes and our Premiere flutes in the keys of A, G, F#, F, E ,and D. Choose between our various animal shaped blocks or our unshaped block.