Available Woods

 Special Order, Sweet Gum, A - Flame Birch Zuni Style Fetish Cougar and End Caps with Cherokee Twist Ties

The wood used in the flute's construction can influence the overall tonal quality of the flute. The harder woods tend to transmit or radiate the full vibration at high intensity to give it a sharp clear tone and while soft woods like
Cedar disperse the vibration or resonate, producing a more mellow tone with more overtones. This also relates to a greater or lesser degree of sound projection and sometimes overall volume. The species listed below are 
regularly available and are arranged from the softest to the hardest or high resonance/low radiance 
to lower resonance/high radiance (left to right - top to bottom). 

 * * * CLICK ON ANY NAME TO SEE A PICTURE OF THE WOOD TYPE * * *

Standard Stock Woods

Soft Woods
Western Red Cedar        Butternut         Select White Pine          Catalpa          Basswood        

Soft Hardwood  
        Yellow Poplar          Redwood       Port Orford Cedar        Spruce         Spanish Cedar: Light / Dark         

Medium Hardwoods 
Yellow Cedar          Aromatic Cedar (Juniper)          Black Walnut          Cherry          Black Cherry             

Hard Hardwoods
Red/Yellow Birch          Maples: Hard / Soft / Tiger / Birdseye         Ash          Beech          Hickory*

Other Standard Woods Currently Available - May be limited in size and/or quantity

Cottonwood          Sycamore          Willow          Hemlock       Sassafras        Honey Locust*         Black Locust*   

Premium Woods Regularly Available
VERY HIGHLY FIGURED or EXOTICS - these higher cost woods are denser in figure/color/grain than the woods
 above and often require special purchase. We do not routinely use endangered wood species, rain forest products,
 or high density woods known to be toxic (dust). Rare wood use is limited. We only use Recovered products for 
these types which may be limited in size, quantity, or availability.  All are an addition charge of $15.00 / flute.

Bird-eye Maple        Tiger Stripe Maple         Lightning Struck Poplar: Medium    /  Dark

   Claro Walnut       Figured Ash      Figured Cherry         Flaming Birch        Recovered Chestnut         Curly Redwood   

Other Premium Woods Currently Available - May be limited in size and/or quantity

Apple Wood            Ambrosia Maple            Sweet Gum            Hornbeam           Holly 

   Recovered Teak          Japanese Chestnut          Mahogany: Ribbon   /  Honduras /  Asian  Mahogany

    Osage Orange*        Recovered Douglas Fir          Peach Wood        Myrtle Wood

Recovered Old Growth Cherry             Recovered Old Growth Redwood            Figured Spanish Cedar  

Curly Western Red Cedar            Figured Olive Ash        Old Growth Atlantic White Cedar (from Maine)

Old Growth Recovered Sunken Cypress       Old Growth Recovered  Sunken Yellow Pine              

              Ebony*           Blood Wood*           Paduk           Koa       Zebra Wood* 

 Chetchen*        Purple Heart*      Coccabolla*    Jatoba*   

The * indicates woods that better used as accents (ends/fetish) on the flute rather than the flute itself. Due to the high resin content of these woods, high holding glue bonds are difficult and more prone to potential splitting from excessive 'rain-out' of moisture. This is caused by the temperature differential of the heat sink nature of the woods. Before deciding on one of these woods please consult me on the specifics of care requirements to assure long playing life.