Lew Paxton Price
Creating and Using Grandfather's Flute

This flute construction manual is a sequel to Creating and Using the Native American Love Flute. In it you will discover more advanced techniques for creating the Native American end-blown instrument. Chapters include and extensive discussion of tuning methods and ways of building flutes in a variety of keys and scales. Complete specifications for instruments made with different bore diameters. More on precise hole placement, enhancing the volume and tonal quality of the flute and some innovative tips on design. This is more that a dry technical treatise. Price develops his flutemaking methodology with an eye on the larger historical context in which our craft and music evolve. His style of writing is folksy and philosophical, filled with stories and underlied by a strong set of personal values. 47 pages. CM-9