New to flute making? Start here.
Six short lessons, in order. Each one has pictures of the calculator, so you can follow along.
Lesson 1
The parts of the flute
Slow air chamber, plug, flue, sound hole, splitting edge: what each one does.
Lesson 2Design your first flute
Pick a key and the number of holes. That's really all it takes.
Lesson 3Read your results
The drawing, the hole table, the fingering chart and the checks.
Lesson 4Cut it with VCarve
Copy the code, run the gadget, glue the halves.
Lesson 5Build and tune by hand
The printed hole template, drilling, and bringing each note into tune.
Lesson 6How it works and sources
The acoustics behind the numbers, and the makers and references they come from.