Why Woodsounds?

Our purpose in this page is to help you understand how Woodsounds Flutes are unique and how the unique features we put into our flutes can impact you for the postive.

  • Woodsounds Principles of Creation:
      Every flute is made for a specific person. This means even when we are making a flute for inventory, we hold in our minds the intent that this flute is being created for a person and to positively impact that person.
    • We care
    • Woodsounds is founded on the principles of constant and persistent effort in improving our flutes.
      • Continous effort in questioning the quality of the work we do.
      • Each year, we strive to make significant improvements to our flutes.
    • A deal is not a deal unless it is good for all involved.
    • So easy to play it plays itself
  • Optimized Voicing
      • Flute Voice
        • In 2009 we labeled every surface and angle in the voice box of the flute.
          • This gave us a way to clearly identify and quantify the surfaces that impact the voice of the flute.
          • Gave us a way to communicate about the voice, which by itself caused a step change improvement in the voice box
        • Rich, hautingly beautiful, and full woodsy sound
      • Volume Dynamics
        • Easy for a new player to play
          • Regardless of the breath pressure brought to the flute, the flute produces a beautiful tone.
        • Easy for an experienced player to use in creating emotional content in music
          • Through artistaclly changing the volume of the flute, a Woodsounds flute can be used cause emotion and feeling in your audience
      • Constant Pressure tuning
        • Reliable, your Woodsounds flute is going to work when you need it.
        • 10 mbar tuning
          • Best tuning method on the market
          • Consistent breath pressure through out flute
          • Consistent breath pressure from flute to flute
      • Responsive
        • What you do with you breath, mouth, and fingers is transmitted through the flute promptly and cleanly
  • Physical construction
    • Super strong construction
      • Tenoned mouth piece and end cap
        • A tenon mouth piece or end cap has a huge amount of surface area for gluing
        • The tenon goes into the flute body. This provides a mechanical strength to the joint
      • Double bored construction
        • Sound Chamber is bore from one end of the flute blank
        • Slow Air Chamber is bored from the other end of the flute blank
        • Barrier between the two chambers is solid wood. No glued plugs or cork that could eventually fail
      • The Woodsounds Finish provides additional strength to the wood (more of finish below)
    • Moisture chamber
      • Play longer between dewatering of the flute
      • Get a better sound through out your songs
    • The Woodsounds Finish:
      • Toxin barrier
      • Moisture barrier
      • Improved acoustics
      • Super clear
          • Lots of light
          • Lots of chatoyance (glow in the wood)
          • Lots of figure (grain structure clearly visable)
    • Super Flat nest area:
      • All energy put into flute comes out of the instrument in sound not
        • Increased responsiveness
        • Increased tonal quality
    • Sealed SAC chamber protects flute from moisture
      • Helps maintain a crack free flute
      • protects the player from the natural chemicals found in wood that can cause alergic reactions or other health challenges