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Measuring 20 1/4" in length, with four
tuning/directon holes, this unsplit Camellia
branch flute, which grew at Descanso
Gardens (home to North America's largest Camellia
collection), has a beautiful, silky smooth finish to
it, Camellia being a very hard wood. So no
beads were used on the deer lacing to possibly scratch
or mar that finish. It has a clear and soulful
voice, tuned to Verdi A (A=432Hz) minor pentatonic
scale A few small knot
holes have been inlaid with crushed malachite.
To
aid against wet-out (the build-up of breath
condensation that can clog the windway of the flute)
the bird has been fitted with a redwood heartwood
shoe, for its absorbtion qualities, and a drainhole
has been designed into the air chamber, kept covered
by the deer lacing.
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