Native
to Australia where its leaves provide the sole source of food for the
Koala and where its trunk, when bored out by termites, is used by
the Aboriginal Australians in the making of their traditional
didgeridoos, Eucalyptus trees can also make high quality
branch flutes--this
one from the branch of a Lemon Eucalyptus, Corymbia
citriodora. Measuring 17
3/4" in length, with 4 tuning/direction holes
and a 3/4" sound
chamber bored out unsplit, her voice is a sweet and resonant
mid-range concert/recording quality Bm pentatonic
scale, A=440,
modes
1 & 4, playing
three upper register
notes. Some
of her
smooth bark has
been sanded down,
contrasting nicely with her finely
finished wood
grain. Three branchlet stubs,
including one on the bird, have been inlaid with crushed
Serpentine. From The Book of Stones:
"Serpentine is a powerful stone for Earth Healers who focus their
energies on understanding and assisting the planet through its current
transformations." Deer leather lacing with horn bone and
Serpentine beads secures the
bird to its nest. To help prevent wetout, the bird
has been
fitted with a cedar shoe, and a drain hole, covered by the lacing, has
been designed into the air chamber. The branch for
this flute was respectfully gathered from a Lemon
Eucalyptus
tree that had been cut down for a development ... living on now through
this one-of-a-kind and beautiful flute.
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