Toyon "Warbling" Branch Flute in F#
sound sample of this flute
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Some
of
the
surface
and underlayer bark has been left on this unsplit,
finely
finished Toyon (Heteromeles
arbutifolia)
branch
flute.
All of the tiny knots have been inlaid with crushed malachite stone. Measuring 22" in length and tuned to an F# minor pentatonic, modes 1 & 4, this 6 holed flute plays 3 upper octave notes and has a wonderful controllable warble on the fundamental note. Elk lacing with malachite and red horn bone beads holds the bird to the nest. To aid against wetout, the bird has been fitted with a redwood shoe and a drain hole has been designed into the air chamber. The branch for this one of a kind flute was gathered with love and respect at the beautiful Descanso Gardens.
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