Hey’
very happy i found this place 
came across it through jerry freeman’s ebay auction listings.(must get a new whistle!)
My name is Matthew Fallon, i’m 29 living on long island,NY
i am a novice/intermediate flute-maker and player (depending on the cultural style and instrument) my first instrument(first love) was the native-american courting flute about 5-6 years ago,well it all snowballed from there and i started teaching myself to make/play bansuri,kena,shakuhachi,zampona,dizi,etc etc. interestingly enough, i’ve picked up nearly every other ethnic type of flute (not to say i’m accomplished at any of them!) before coming back to ones from my own family heritage! i’ve Always loved irish music, i guess it was either the scary lighting speed playing or maybe a distaste for ‘‘overly proud nationalism’’ sorta thing that i never much picked it up really. Anyways’ it’s about time to change that. i’d love to get a good flute(s),whistle(s) and especially some good(or bad!) flute/whistle players that are around my neck of the woods.
i only know of a few indian bansuri and NAF players here. and Forget about flutemakers 
if any exist around her ethat’d be the icing on the cake~!!
Anwho’ it’s fantasitc to find so many flute enthusiests and a place to talk aobut them i’ve got a few of my pieces and art/craft etcon my poorly designed and “poorly-er” updated site below 
god ive gotta revamp that cobweb!