The Last Flute out the Door for 2016

[Casey Burns]

Here is the last flute out of my workshop for this year. It features end cap artistry in enamel and glass on copper by my dear friend Cali Hackman of Hurdy Gurdy fame (see hurdygurdy.com). Next up is a good shop and house cleanup, followed by the arrival of my friend Irene who is a great Gaida player from the mountains of Northern California. I will be teaching her how to make Bulgarian Gaidas all week. And then I'll probably avoid the workshop for flute making entirely until January when I'll tune up a few Folk Flutes and finish one other flute. I won't be back to full time production until mid to late January. I am ready for a break! 28 flutes out the door in the last week, and only one day off since November 29. I will be busy working on a few accordion modification projects (converting a small piano accordion to a 3 row C System), some Galician Gaitas, some work on our house, and playing lots of music with a great emphasis on the last. Happy Solstice and Holidays Everyone!

[m_abukhalid]

Stunning work casey!

[kmag]

I hope you have a great Christmas and your, much earned, time off.

[pancelticpiper]

What a beautiful thing that is.

I love everything about it, the wide fancy rings, the lighter-coloured wood, the one-piece body, the short foot, the minimal number of keys giving the full chromatic scale.

If I'd ordered it myself, my dream flute, it would have been pretty much like that.

(Off topic) I didn't know you made Gaidi! I'm getting back into Gaida a bit, after years of playing Gaida in an International Folk Dance band I sold everything off (in the band I played gaidunitsi in four different keys) and have had a 15-year hiatus.

Here was my setup, four chanters and TinkerToy drones

[psychodonald]

Beautiful work Casey!!!! Thank you for all that you do. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your family.

[eilam]

i love you work....hope you have a great and re-charging time off !