About Fluteblanks

I have acquired a one-of-a-kind machine dedicated to building one-piece, line-bored flute blanks.

The advantages of a line-bored, one-piece flute blank over the traditional two-piece, glued-together blank are many:

• No glue joints
• No glue squeeze-out
• No break in the wood grain on the sides of the flute
• No possibility of air leaks because of a failed glue joint
• Less construction time
• Less sanding time
• More consistent bore size
• No warping or twisting of blanks

A good machine to line bore flutes is very expensive and not in reach of the average flute maker. Since it takes a little less time to make a line-bored flute, the cost of the machine is offset. This lets us give you all of the advantages above without charging any more for our products than our competitors charge.

Our goal is to make quality flute blanks available at reasonable prices. Our main focus is to provide flute blanks for people who want to make flutes but don't have the tools it takes to make a good blank.

You will see from the posted prices that in most cases we can do the work and furnish the wood (mahogany, black walnut and eastern red cedar) about as cheaply as you can do it yourself.

George Atkinson