UGLY BOY FLUTES

These are flutes made with unusual or special woods and which may have additional artwork either in the blocks, inlays, construction, etc. They all have finish, come with a basic protective polarfleece bag, as well as a basic information sheet and fingering charts. (Click on “FLUTES” above)

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AUGUST 10, 2026

SHADOW HAWK FLUTES

This line of my flutes makes the quality and clarity benchmark “Ugly Boy Sound” affordable to even tight budgets. All flutes are made with Poplar, and have been sanded to 800 grit with one coat of Buther Block oil applied. They do not come with a bag or information sheet, but the sound mechanisms are made identical to higher-end Ugly Boy Flutes. (Click on “FLUTES” above)

GREAT SHOW! NEW ‘FAMILY’ MEMBERS! Just had a show here in Waynesville, a show that did not promise a lot but delivered a boat-load of INCREDIBLE people with several flute adoptions! Got lots to do to still update and make changes, but I’ve gotten great responses in Instagram and Facebook from my ‘new’ videos. Stay tuned for more! With that said, some wonderful new flutes are now finished and up for adoption! The lowest is an E4 in Black Limba, which is a great, known ‘tone wood’. I had a wild hair to make a ‘reverse’ sweeptail bird. Next is a G4 in Philippine Mahogany with a ‘matching’ block in Apricot (just adopted!)… ...then a feather-light C5 in Wormy Chestnut (just ADOPTED!)… …and a decidedly heftier C#5 (Db) in Muirapixuna (your pronunciation guess is as good as mine!), often called Brazillian Blackwood. Because of its density, and it is hefty for it’s little size, it has that piecingly clear sound. Too, with my higher key flutes, I prefer a longer SAC, which allows me to craft a longer, more elegant ‘sweeptail’ bird as I call them, my standard block. Still sitting and awaiting further crafting, are 5 Shadow Hawks in higher keys, as well as a Wenge and a Goncalo Alves that will be in the C5 to D5 category. Oh, and lest I forget, I FINALLY made a sound sample from my lone bass flute at the moment, a Bb3 in African Mahogany. That flute needed tuning and I’d never gotten around to it til this week. Sweet and mellow…and getting re-finished as I type (it fell off the rack at a show and got some dings!) That’s it for the moment. This Yahoo issue is maddening, but I’ll keep at it to see if I can come to a resolution. Until then, GMAIL it is! # # # Browse and enjoy! Email with any questions. Bob Child weatherflute@yahoo.com weatherflute@gmail.com