By Shardul.
Here I am in County Clare, Ireland, and staying with Martin Doyle for a few days. I brought Martin three sticks of Kanuka wood that were kindly given to me by Paul Whinray – a renowned New Zealand recorder maker who lives in west Auckland. The Kanuka wood was cut, bored and turned into round sticks in the late 80s and well cured.
Martin set me to work on preparing the sticks and with the kind guidance of his son Ógi, and Martin doing all the critical work, we produced a wonderful flute. It has a lovely tone (a little milder than the hardwoods like African Blackwood and Cocus) that I am sure will develop nicely with playing. The end cap of the flute is made of Cocus wood. Here’s a look at it:
Kanuka Flute – click on the image to see a larger version on Flickr
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