E Flat Flute series -1

  E flat Flute series - part 1

  E flat Flute series - part 1
 E flat flute series  (quenilla, quenacho) 
(see note at end)

 Three E flat quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#50  "Albert Ayler" named for the jazz musician, saxophonist.

#255  "Castle" for the TV show about a mystery writer and NY police detective(s).
#265 "Victor Sen Yung" for the actor known for his role as number two son in the Charlie Chan series and for Hop Sing on Bonanza.

  Two E flat quenachos (s) made from 1" pex: (below)
#74  "Jimmy Rushing" named for the great jazz singer, nickname Mr Five by five, from Kansas City known for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra.
#96  "Tricky Sam" for the jazz musician(trombone). Known for his work with the early Duke Ellington Orchestra (30's-40's). Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".
  One E flat quenachos (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#98 "Laura" for the Fox film noir of the 40's starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price.

  
 One E flat quenacho  made from 1" pex: (below)
#111  "Kid Ory" for the great New Orleans jazz musician(trombone). Known for his work with Louis Armstrong of the 1920's, and a long recording career. Best described by Ellington as "beyond category". And the father of an old friend of mine.
  One E flat quenacho  made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#119  "Ornette" for the jazz musician(alto sax). Known for many recordings with Don Cherry in the 50's and 60's.
  One E flat quenacho  made from 3/4" pvc: (below)
#124 "Army of the Twelve Monkeys" for the terrorist group led by Brad Pitt in the film 12 Monkeys.

  One E flat quenacho made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#150  "the Reno Club" named for the famous jazz club from Kansas City of the 1930's. Known as the place the Count Basie Orchestra, then 9 pieces, got it's start. 

One E flat quenacho made from 1/2" pvc: (below)

#210  "the Thin Man" for the character created by Dashiell Hammett and for the MGM film series starring William Powell and Myrna Loy.

One E flat quenacho made from 1" pex: (below) 

#325 "Tuesday Rick" for a friend and artist from 6AM.

  Three E flat quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#275  "Bud Shank" named for the great jazz musician (alot sax), Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".
 #278  "flutes on the rocks" fora photo I took on the rocks in Malibu with a couple flutes.
 #281 "Eric Dolphy - Imitate the animal sounds" for the great jazz musician (reeds, flute).  Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".

  
 Four E flat quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#285  "Ezz-thetic" named for the composition by jazz great George Russell.
#342  "Andy Kirk and his 12 clouds of Joy" for the jazz musician and band leader from Kansas City. Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".
#345 "Artie Shaw" for the jazz musician(clarinet) and big band leader. Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".
 #366 "Don Redman Orch" for thegreat Harlem jazz orchestra of the 30's and 40's lead by the wonderful Don Redman (reeds, vocals, composer, band leader, etc.).

  
 Two E flat quenachos (s) made from 1" pex: (below)
#326  "Harry Carney" named for the jazz musician(baritone sax, clarinet). Played for Duke for many years (40+). Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".
#351  "Paco - Portraits - Gerald Wilson" for the jazz album and cut by Gerald Wilson's Orchestra on World Pacific. Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".
  One E flat quenachos (s) made from 3/4" pvc: (below)
#354 "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)" for the 1939 Fox film starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino and George Zucco.

  Two E flat quenachos (s) made from 3/4" pvc: (below)
#358  "Red Cross" named for a tune by Charlie Parker from early in his career.
#363  "Negi Nation" for the phrase coined by Buddy Dofu back in the Inaka days. Negi referring to the vegetable, green onion in Japanese.
  One E flat quenachos (s) made from 1/2" pvc: (below)
#368 "Benny Carter 1907-2003" for the jazz great (multi instrumentalist, composer, arranger, band leader) known for his phenomenal tone on alto sax. Nicknamed "The King" and known for his perfect pitch, it used to be said he could hear a dog bark or a train whistle and tell you the note. Visited Inaka in 1978, honoring us with a visit.

  
One E flat quenacho made from 1/2" pvc: (below)
#373  "In a Sentimental Mood - Duke" named for a composition by Duke Ellington from 1934.
One E flat quenacho made from 1" pex: (below)
#406  "Dali in Paris" for the artist and the character from the film Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen.
  One E flat quenacho made from 3/4" pvc: (below)
#432 "Distant Drums" for the film starring Gary Cooper about the Seminoles.

  
 Two E flat quenachos (s) made from aged 1/2" pvc: (below)
#449  "Marcel" named for a late friend from AA, which I used to see at Angelino in 1988-89, and years later at Daily Attitude Adjustment in Fair Oaks, north of the American River, maybe 5-10 years ago.
#450  "Peacock - NBC" for the symbol used by NBC for many years, the NBC Peacock.
 

 Three E flat quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#454  "New Years Dinner, 1-1-14" named for n event here at our house, with the participants noted on the piece.
#473  "Tampopo" for the Japanese film by Juzo Itami about the search for the perfect soup (ramen).
#483 "Private Party" for an idea that Constantine came up with one day.

The average quenilla is a smaller piece, whereas the quenacho is a larger piece. The prices also relfect the size, and amount of labor on same.
 Most of these pieces are available. E mail, message or text for a quote. Once you've decided on a piece,  e mail me at:  shuttlepilotcar@hotmail.com and I can send you a Pay Pal invoice, then ship it to you as soon as possible once payment is received.
Pieces missed will appear in a later part of the series  including any E flat shakuhachi's
and E flat minors.

C # Flute series - part 1

C # Flute series - part 1
 C # flute series  (quenilla, etc.) 
(see note at end)

 Three C # quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#66  "Frankie light a match" named for a funny phrase used by my Aunt Betty on a holiday dinner night many years ago.
#107  "Tatum" for the jazz musician(piano). Best described by Ellington as "beyond category".
#217 "Ernie S." for the family dog of over 16 years that passed a while back. Great friend to my three kids and all of us.

 Three C # flutes:
1st.(quenacho)and 2nd. (quenilla)from 3/4" PVC, 3rd. from (s) made from 1/2" pex: (below)
#93  "Bones" named for the currently running TV show. (a prototype large quenacho)
#171  "Stubby Kaye" for the comic actor of stage and screen. Well known for many musicals, including his role as Nicely Nicely in Guys and Dolls. I also remember his part with Nat King Cole in Cat Ballou as troubadours. ( a stubby little quenilla)
#309  "Act as if" for the phrase allied with program which originates in
1954 Sam Shoemaker article (Christian Herald, reprinted Reader's Digest) "... By acting as if he had faith-until, indeed, there was an opening for God to come through." ( a miniature quenilla)

 Two C # quenilla (s) made from 1/2" pvc: (below)
#216  "727 N. Harvard Bl" named for an address in East Hollywood from the past.
#321  "Life will take on new meaning, P.89" for the quote from the Big Book, page 89.
2nd paragraph, chapter 7.

 One C# quenilla made from 1/2" pvc, Two C # quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#219  "Don Redman" named for the great jazz musician, singer, composer, arranger and band leader. His theme song in the 1930's being "Chant of the Weed". (pvc)
#231  "Little Jimbo" for a friend from 6AM. the name originates in a joke on the Rockford nickname.
#244 "too many flutes" for the phrase uttered by my lovely wife.

 Three C # quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#248  "Quincy Jones" named for the jazz musician, arranger, composer, producer and band leader.
#262  "Mona" for the a friend, Mona M.
#283 "Get your happy ass to a meeting" for a phrase often repeated by a 6AM friend, Margie T., made 6-21-13.

 Three C # quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#322  "Entirely ready" for the program phrase, part of the sixth step.
#350  "Composite wheels" ...and metal wheels: named for my first skateboards.
#357 "First meeting of Bill and Bob" for the co-founders of AA, and their first meeting at the gatehouse of the Sieberling estate, on May 12, 1935.

 

 Most of these pieces are available. E mail, message or text for a quote. Once you've decided on a piece,  e mail me at:  shuttlepilotcar@hotmail.com and I can send you a Pay Pal invoice, then ship it to you as soon as possible once payment is received.

Pieces missed will appear in a later part of the series  including any C# shakuhachi's
and C# minors.

A Flat flute series - part 1

A flat Flute series - part 1
 A flat flute series  (quena, etc.) 
(see note at end)

 Three A flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#76  "Chopin" named for the great composer.
#91  "Herbie Mann" for the jazz flute musician. Famous for Memphis Underground and other albums.
#92 "Jobim" for the composer and musician from Brazil. His association with Stan Getz and other jazz musicians (and Sinatra) brought him worldwide fame as a composer of samba, etc. (the title on this flute was added after the picture)

 Three A flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#121  "NCIS - LA" named for the TV show, spin off from NCIS. (another NCIS type show based in Los Angeles)
#165  "Basil Rathbone" for the British actor of stage, film and radio. Most known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for Fox and Universal (with Nigel Bruce as Watson). A great character actor, and an accomplished swordsman as well, one of Hollywood's best. see Adventures of Robin Hood(38) and the Mark of Zorro(40).
#189 "Inaka dinner" for the a menu item at Inaka Restaurant in the period when it was mine. (late 70's).
 

Three A flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#224  "Hank Quinlan" named for the character from the film "Touch of Evil". Played by Orson Welles, also the film's director.
#241  "Chopin, Opus 53 Heroic" for the composition by Chopin.
#242 "Quiet time" for the custom and practice from the Oxford group. It was used by early members of AA in group number 1 in Akron. It also the source of Step 11, prayer and meditation, the group conscience (and as such business meetings as well).

  
Three A flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#257  "Kyle forgot his banjo" named for an incident at Vincenzo's one night.
 #258  "soup class" for my soup class, also using this blog (in the past). A number of flutes are named from food items or ideas from my restaurant (Inaka, years ago). MOst of my soups are vegetarian.
#294 "Gerald Wilson Orch." for the jazz trumpet great, who was also a composer, arranger and orchestra leader as well. His last performance locally was at Catalina's and Gerald is 96.

 Most of these pieces are available. E mail, message or text for a quote. Once you've decided on a piece,  e mail me at:  shuttlepilotcar@hotmail.com and I can send you a Pay Pal invoice, then ship it to you as soon as possible once payment is received.

Pieces missed will appear in a later part of the series  including any A minor shakuhachi's, etc.

B flat flute series - part 1

B flat Flute series - part 1
 B flat flute series  (quena, etc.) 
(see note at end)

 Three B flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#52  "Satchmo"  named for the jazz great of the trumpet and cornet, Louis Armstrong.
 #54  "Dickens H.C." for the character from the film "Adventures of Robin Hood", actual name Dickon Malbete, played by Harry Cording character actor father of my friend Bill.
#57 "little grey cells" for the references made by Poirot in his novels and films, by Agatha Cristie.

  Three B flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#59  "Buster Bailey"  named for the  jazz great of the clarinet, most know for his time with the original Fletcher Henderson Orch. and many great small group recordings of the 30's and 40's as well.
#89  "Peter Gunn" for the Mancini tune which was the theme of the Peter Gunn TV show.
#90 "Opie" for the character from the Andy Griffith show of the 60's played by Ronny Howard.

  Two B flat quena (s) made from 1" pex: (below)
#68  "Track 29"  named for the lyric from song "Chattanooga Choo Choo" sung by Tex Beneke with Glenn Miller's Orch. also referred to by a shoe shine boy in "Young Frankenstein".
#69  "Otis Spann" for the great blues piano player who became famous playing with Muddy Waters in Chicago on Chess.

  
 Four B flat quena (s) made from 1/2" PVC: (below)
#109  "Art Pepper"  named for the  jazz great of the alto sax from Stan Kenton and many recordings of his own over many years.
#207  "Asta" for the dog from the Thin Man series of films.
#208 "Willie's meeting 3-24-13" for the meeting at Willie's house, one specific day.
#375 "Elementary" for the Sherlock Holmes TV show with Johnny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill.

   Three B flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#126  "Johnny Dodds"  named for the  jazz great of the clarinet from the 1920's, etc famous for his recordings with Louis Armstrong.  - SOLD
#130  "Frog B.W." for the nickname of tenor sax jazz great Ben Webster.
 #133 "Albert Nicholas" for the New Orleans jazz great of the clarinet.

   Three B flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#145  "Little Walter"  named for the  blues harmonica great.
#149  "You only live twice" for the James Bond film and book.  SOLD
 #174 "Stan Getz" for the tenor sax jazz great. From Woody Herman's four brothers band to many jazz recordings of his own and  bossa nova as well.

   Three B flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#221  "H.A.L.T."  named for the  program idea: Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired.
#246  "Once I Loved" for the Jobim tune in it's English version by this title.
#298 "This to shall pass - 7olr" for the program idea, which I was reminded of one night at 7olr.

   Three B flat quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#323  "Wham bam thank you ma'am  - Max Roach "  named for the  drum expression quoted by Max Roach.
#324  "Buddha speaks" for the Alanon friend Joe J. and how we sometimes referred to him.
#399 "I can't get started" for the standard tune.

  Two B flat quenita(s) made from 1/2" pex:
   One B flat quena made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#401  "Jordu '53 Duke Jordan"  named for the  jazz tune, it's composer and the year it was written.
#402  "Chant of the Weed" for the old jazz tune, written by Don Redman which was also the theme of his big band.
#434 "Hot and Anxious" for the jazz tune played by Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman in 1931. One of the derivatives of "In the Mood".

 Most of these pieces are available. E mail, message or text for a quote. Once you've decided on a piece,  e mail me at:  shuttlepilotcar@hotmail.com and I can send you a Pay Pal invoice, then ship it to you as soon as possible once payment is received.

Pieces missed will appear in a later part of the series  including any B flat shakuhachi's
and B flat minors.