Hello,
I’m new to the flute. I’ve been playing a Tipple three piece tunable. I’m looking to upgrade to a wood flute soon. I’ve been trying a friend’s blood wood flute and like it. I would like to get a blood wood flute but i am concerned about buying a flute that has been stained with blood. Any other woods that have as good a sound? Could someone suggest some makers?
You could try a cocus wood flute as it is stained with cocoa… you can’t get “real” blackwood flutes anymore.
That sort of thing is frowned upon these days. Rather.
I won’t even talk about boxwood.
Hey Daniel,
Bloodwood is not stained. It is just naturally that red. It is also called Santine’.
Maurice Reviol is the only maker I know of using that wood: http://www.reviol.co.nz/index.html
do pass that over, eh?
sure dude… sure
I often think, in fact I’m thinking it now, that boxwood flutes, unstained of course, should smell of bananas and taste of butterscotch… or… the other way around… if you will.
Pratten’s should be made from dogwood.
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Of course you would not want that to get wet.
Ahh, but boxwood is so pretty. Aside from it being a pretty big pain in the arse 
Yeah, I wish someone would sell turning squares of it instead of logs of indeterminate quality.
Other than that, man it makes a nice flute.
Hey, it worked great for the Red Violin. Except for that, you know, eternal curse thing …
And exactly the opposite for boxwood flutes. 
You can buy nice turning squares directly from Octopus Wood Works Tonewood, Tonholz, Maderas Lutier, Bois lutheria in Turkey. Maybe this will boxwood can be served with cranberries?
Nah, I wouldn’t recomend anything other than diamondwood, if you can save up the $$$ for it, the great projection if which cuts through almost every known material.
Honestly, just get a good blackwood or delrin flute. As long as it is made from a solid hardwood or delrin, material doesn’t matter a fraction as much as the design of the particular flute.
It’s another thing completely when it comes to casks for maturing
whisky 
Wow people you’re so horrible with newbies! 
Anyway, don’t get a snakewood flute, somebody told me you could easily get poisoned…
Beefwood is also lovely.
I’ve been real happy with my Casey Burns mopane flute. It’s got that sort of reddish brown, oxblood leather color (another blood related description). Here’s Casey’s blurb about woods:
http://www.caseyburnsflutes.com/woods.php
TED
Thanks very much, Jon! I looked for them on the web once and was unsuccessful.
Just sent in a $150 order for enough Boxwood for 2 keyed Rudall’s, so we will see what comes of it…
And for the vegitarian fluter:
The vegitable flute!
I would recommend the broccoli flute, as that had the best tone, similar to cocuswood.
Bloodwood is an interesting wood for its blood red color. One sees this best in the sawdust. Its a little less dense and a bit more open grained than what I would use for my flutes. It is also more resinous and fragrant - in the sense of what I am prone to become allergic to. Thus I have avoided using it.
Rudals???
