upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
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upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Hello,
I'm new to the flute. I've been playing a Tipple three piece tunable. I'm looking to upgrade to a wood flute soon. I've been trying a friend's blood wood flute and like it. I would like to get a blood wood flute but i am concerned about buying a flute that has been stained with blood. Any other woods that have as good a sound? Could someone suggest some makers?
I'm new to the flute. I've been playing a Tipple three piece tunable. I'm looking to upgrade to a wood flute soon. I've been trying a friend's blood wood flute and like it. I would like to get a blood wood flute but i am concerned about buying a flute that has been stained with blood. Any other woods that have as good a sound? Could someone suggest some makers?
Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
You could try a cocus wood flute as it is stained with cocoa... you can't get "real" blackwood flutes anymore.
That sort of thing is frowned upon these days. Rather.
I won't even talk about boxwood.
That sort of thing is frowned upon these days. Rather.
I won't even talk about boxwood.
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Hey Daniel,
Bloodwood is not stained. It is just naturally that red. It is also called Santine'.
Maurice Reviol is the only maker I know of using that wood: http://www.reviol.co.nz/index.html
Bloodwood is not stained. It is just naturally that red. It is also called Santine'.
Maurice Reviol is the only maker I know of using that wood: http://www.reviol.co.nz/index.html
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
do pass that over, eh?Aanvil wrote:You could try a cocus wood flute as it is stained with cocoa... you can't get "real" blackwood flutes anymore.
That sort of thing is frowned upon these days. Rather.
I won't even talk about boxwood.
Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Denny wrote:do pass that over, eh?Aanvil wrote:You could try a cocus wood flute as it is stained with cocoa... you can't get "real" blackwood flutes anymore.
That sort of thing is frowned upon these days. Rather.
I won't even talk about boxwood.
<cough> sure dude... sure <cough>
I often think, in fact I'm thinking it now, that boxwood flutes, unstained of course, should smell of bananas and taste of butterscotch... or.... the other way around... if you will.
Pratten's should be made from dogwood.
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Of course you would not want that to get wet.Aanvil wrote: Pratten's should be made from dogwood.
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Ahh, but boxwood is so pretty. Aside from it being a pretty big pain in the arse
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Yeah, I wish someone would sell turning squares of it instead of logs of indeterminate quality.joshD wrote:Ahh, but boxwood is so pretty. Aside from it being a pretty big pain in the arse
Other than that, man it makes a nice flute.
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Hey, it worked great for the Red Violin. Except for that, you know, eternal curse thing ...danielflute wrote:I would like to get a blood wood flute but i am concerned about buying a flute that has been stained with blood.
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
And exactly the opposite for boxwood flutes.kkrell wrote:Of course you would not want that to get wet.Aanvil wrote: Pratten's should be made from dogwood.
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
You can buy nice turning squares directly from http://www.octopus.com.tr/store/ in Turkey. Maybe this will boxwood can be served with cranberries?chas wrote:Yeah, I wish someone would sell turning squares of it instead of logs of indeterminate quality.joshD wrote:Ahh, but boxwood is so pretty. Aside from it being a pretty big pain in the arse
Other than that, man it makes a nice flute.
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Nah, I wouldn't recomend anything other than diamondwood, if you can save up the $$$ for it, the great projection if which cuts through almost every known material.
Honestly, just get a good blackwood or delrin flute. As long as it is made from a solid hardwood or delrin, material doesn't matter a fraction as much as the design of the particular flute.
It's another thing completely when it comes to casks for maturing
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Honestly, just get a good blackwood or delrin flute. As long as it is made from a solid hardwood or delrin, material doesn't matter a fraction as much as the design of the particular flute.
It's another thing completely when it comes to casks for maturing
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
Wow people you're so horrible with newbies!
Anyway, don't get a snakewood flute, somebody told me you could easily get poisoned...
Anyway, don't get a snakewood flute, somebody told me you could easily get poisoned...
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Re: upgrading to a wood flute: blood wood?
I've been real happy with my Casey Burns mopane flute. It's got that sort of reddish brown, oxblood leather color (another blood related description). Here's Casey's blurb about woods:
http://www.caseyburnsflutes.com/woods.php
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