Today, I have shaped the Native American style flute on my lathe. The bore width is 25mm and the length is 457mm. If the ratio is correct, the flute should be in the key of C or C#. The timber I used was given to me by Malcom, a lovely man my husband did work for. He use to do quite a fair bit of woodworking, but sadly, he contracted Parkinson's Disease and had to stop. He gave me a lot of beautiful timber; camphor laurel, cotoneaster, European beech, Australian red cedar... And the one I am currently using for the flute. For the life of me, I wish I knew what sort of timber this is! It has gorgeous spalting in the grain. I'm not sure if the spalting was there when Malcom gave me the timber, or it acquired it during its many years in my mouldy workshop. Spalting is caused by a type of fungus that invades the wood and causes these strange black wavy lines. It is quite sought after. If someone knows what sort of timber this is, please let me know.
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