Ugly Boy Flutes
CLICK ON PICS TO ENLARGE, LINKS TO PLAY SAMPLES *****PRICE INCLUDES S/H VIA PRIORITY MAIL***** BELOW ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE “UGLY BOYS”. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT A PARTICULAR ‘KID’. ALL UGLY BOYS COME FINISHED IN POLY COATS (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED) ; ALL COME WITH A BASIC POLARFLEECE PROTECTIVE BAG AND FINGERING CHARTS/INFORMATION HAND-OUT. ALL COME WITH A LIFETIME GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU EVER HURT THE FLUTE OR DEVELOP A PROBLEM WITH IT, I WILL REPAIR FOR FREE AND THE FLUTE WILL BE BETTER THAN NEW. ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU INCLUDE $12 FOR RETURN SHIPPING AND HANDLING.
E5 branch in
Rhododendron,
bright litte player!
$175
G4 Quilted Maple tuned
to A430 (Mozart’s
preferred tuning). I let
flutes tell me where
they want to land, tone-
wise, and this one was
it, hands down.
GO TO CHIMNEY ROCK
FLUTES LINK…
guessing it sold long
ago
B3 A432 in lightly
figured Mahogany,
with natural ‘gator’
piece of found wood,
on Walnut
base.Lightly
staggered finger
holes for L over R
players. $340
F4 in heavily
spalted Tamarind
from India.
Possibly THE most
gorgeous, intense
patterened wood
I’ve ever worked
with. Bird is out of
Apricot wood.
(click to enlarge!)
ADOPTED!
While this board was gorgous before I
created this flute, what was hidden as I
carved and shaped away the excess
wood was beyond my wildest
expectations. However, this wood required a great amount of
stabilizing with multiple coats of Butcher Block Oil, and I
mean on the order of eight or more, allowing for a couple of
curing and drying days in the process. Too, in planing the
pieces for gluing, the gorgeous gray end chipped off some
small pieces, which is why the foot of the flute is irregular - I
left it as-is. I finished it off with gloss wipe-on poly, which
accentuates the patterns and seals this kid for lifetimes to
come. I now have more boards of this unusual wood, which
will require the same amount of stabilization, but it will be
worth the effort and $ as I can get to it.
D5 in Black Walnut with
a Spalted Hackberry
sweeptail bird.
ADOPTED!
E4 Verdi (a432) in
Quilted Maple (Oregon)
with a Camelthorn
(South Africa) block.
GO TO CHIMNEY ROCK
FLUTES LINK…
guessing it sold
E4 crazy Sycamore
branch
(has both above-octave
notes now)
ADOPTED!
E4 in Curly Redwood
with a Pepperwood bird
Eb4 (D#5) in Primavera
with Black Walnut bird
(very light weight)
ADOPTED!
ADOPTED!
A4 a448 in Primavera
with a Pepperwood
bird.
ADOPTED!
D4 branch flute in
spalted Birch,
staggered finger
holes for easier wrist
angles
ADOPTED!
coming soon!
Bb3 in
Philippine
Mahogany
$380
E4 in Wenge, carved to
look and feel like a
log; Black Walnut bear
with a Turquoise inlaid
heartline.
ADOPTED!
G4 in Wormy Chestnut from Hemphill Road near
me, which is where ‘Popcorn’ Sutton grew up. If
you don’t know him, look him up. :-)
ADOPTED!
C4 in Sycamore
(was a432, but tweaked
and took it to C4; only
first note above-octave;
new sample posted)
DONATED TO
FEATHERHEADS
ADOPTED!
