A Flute series - part 1

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

  One A quena  made from 3/4" pex (1) and 
Two A quenitas made from 1/2" pex (249-302) (below)
   (249 & 302 are mini's known as quenitas)
#1  "Colonel Bogey" named for the character from Bridge on the River Kwai. Early "A" prototype of mine, not in the correct scale.
#249  "Table night" for the night of the tables at the Thursday night meeting the night it was titled.
#302 "High Country" for the twin fiddle tune of Kenny Baker's that is often played by Dennis Fetchet (& Steve Rosenstein) at Vincenzo's.

 Three A quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#64  "Richard Greene" for the British actor of Robin Hood TV fame, etc.

#161  "Cab Calloway" for the Jazz singer, band leader and dancer of note primarily in the 1930's and 40's.

#186   "Inaka regular"  for our regular customers at Inaka back in 1977-1980. This piece Sold to Neal (3-8-14)

 Two A quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#78  "Lady Madonna" for the Beatle song of the same name.

#106  "Sam Axe" for the character in the Burn Notice TV show, played by Bruce Campbell.

Three A quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#110  "Aunt Bee" for the character from the 60's Andy Griffith show.

#319  "Prayer for Peace" for original name of the St. Frances prayer, which I made on 7-19-13.

#413   "Pepper Tree Disaster"  for a backyard event from November of 2013.

 Three A quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#156  "Mount Harrisa" for the mountain named in the Ellington composition.

#157  "Dali" for the great artist.

#158   "Vincenzo's"  for the Pizza parlor on Lyons(off Hwy 5) in Newhall that has hosted bluegrass on Saturday night for over 20 years, thanks to Bob the owner.

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 shakuhachi's
and A minors.

G flute series: part 1

G flute series  (quena, etc.) 
(see note at end)

Three G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#13  "Little John" named for the character from Robin Hood.
#14  "T-Bone shuffle" for the great tune by T-Bone Walker.
#47 "Red Allen" for the jazz trumpet great.

 

Three G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#49  "Marx Bros" for the comedy team of stage & screen.

#51  "Union Station '63" for my arrival in LA 8-22-63 at Union Station.

#94   "Ahhhh..."  for Patty from 6AM.

 Three G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#53  "God Save the Queen" for the tune in G (childhood memory).

#95  "Billy Strayhorn" Duke Ellington's altar ego,  composer and jazz great.

#114  "Zsa Zsa" personality which I saw at the Beverly Hills PD lobby one day.

 One G quena (s) made from 1" pex: (below)
#63  "Leo Carrillo"  the actor, vaudevillian, cartoonist and conservationist.

Two G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: 
#222  "man of few words" for John M. from 6AM
#254  " lunch with Gloria" for a time spent with my mother in law.

  Three G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#117  "George Grisby"  for the memorable character from Welles' "Lady from Shanghai".

#178  "Waymen Carver" for the jazz reedman and pioneer jazz flautist.

#180  "Bennie Moten" for the Kansas City Big Band leader and jazz pioneer. -SOLD

  Three G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#185  "Chick Webb" the jazz great (drummer) and band leader.

#187  "Buddy Dofu"  one of Jon's nicknames, with a tofu reference.

#198  "Buddy in the loft"  for Jon from our original Inaka.

  Three G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
#263  "Capricorn" for the horoscope, one I love.

#291  "Horror Island" for the film with Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo and Fuzzy Knight.

#394  "Stella by Starlight" for the classic tune.

  Three G quena (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below)
 #409  "Bean's first road trip"  for my dog's first long trip to Sacramento

#410  "Paul Drake" for the PI character from Perry Mason.

#417  "All you need is love" for the John Lennon song.

  One C# minor quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex: (below) to show scale
#391  "Honesty"  unselfishness, purity & love (from Rev. Speer 1909) 
Two G quenita (s) made from 1/2" pex: (below)
#250  "Billy Barty"  the actor, which I met at a friend's funeral in the 90's.

#293  "Four absolutes" Honesty, unselfishness, purity & love

Two G quena (s) made from 3/4" pvc: (below)
#10  " untitled"
#16  "Bean the turkey dog" for my dog, titled afterward.

 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 G shakuhachi's
and G minors.

D flute series - part 1

D flute series  (quenilla, etc.) 
(see note at end)

Three D quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex:
#102  "Des" named for my first sponsee back in 1989. - sold
#223  "Gunga Din" for the classic 1939 RKO film (from Kipling). - sold
#273  "No Expectations" for the song of the same name by Jagger & Richards. -sold

 

Three D quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex:
#204  "flax tea nightmare" for a kid's reaction to some tea at a restaurant

#297  "Treasure Island"  for the classic book and films it has spawned

#368  "The Golden Key" For Emmet Fox' book and idea.

 

Two D quenilla (s) made from 1/2" pvc:
#205  "The Dark Corner"  for the classic 1946 Fox noir film.

#206  "Lizadilla"  for our name for the works quesadilla at Leonor's (for Liz)

 

Three D quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex:
#229  "U Boat Capt."  for a friend (CK) from 6am, whom I made a comment to years ago.

#260  "Powerless"  from step one, etc.

#313   "Sahib Shihab"  for the jazz great

 

Three D quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex:
#277  "Original Step 12"  about the wording originally, step 12

#311  "Kid's trombone" (Ory) thanks to Babette for letting me briefly play her dad's trombone

#346  "Clint - Step 9" for one of my mentors, now passed, Clint Hodges.

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Three D quenilla (s) made from 3/4" pex:
#279  "Ostende -1915 - Walter Clark" a bit of family history [sold]
#312  "Goddess" for a friend (T),  a special order never picked up.

#338  "Working on pneumonia" Dean's cough, 8-17-13, a joke on "Working on a Building"

  

 

One D quenilla made from 3/4" pex:
#36  "Angel Martin" the character from Rockford

Two D quenilla (s) made from 1/2" pvc:

#42  "Nightmare Alley" the classic late 40's Fox noir, Tyrone Power's best role

#43  "Drunken Sailor"   the old sea shanty

    

Four D quenita (s) made from 1/2" pex:

#226  "Philippe 4-17-13"  a day at a famous eatery

#261  "5th Step"  for  step 5

#289  "Sweet Baby James" for the song by James Taylor, a night at Vincenzo's when it was played by one of the guys sitting in.

#290  "Sponsorship"  for that program gift

  

 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.

I missed a few pieces, and in a later part of the series large D flutes and D shakuhachi's
and D minors (mostly small).

The Old Home Place (flutes visit their origin)

The Old Home Place 

Four of my flutes visited their origin, the Lowe's store on Carmenita Rd in Norwalk. Once upon a time after an audit of my flute expenses online (from South America), I was killing time browsing in this Lowe's store. I came upon a five foot length of 3/4" pex which I had never heard of nor seen before. Upon examination of it's texture I thought "I might be able to make a flute" from this new material (pex). And the rest is history.

 

here is a shot of a miniature flute, quenita #304 in E flat "Focus on Sanity - Ornette"

named for Ornette Coleman's 1959 composition.  This miniature is made from 1/2" white pex. This aisle is near where I found the my first piece of pex, possibly the same place.

here is a shot of three flutes outside the same Lowe's store "The Old Home Place",  named for the Dillards tune.

on the left miniature E flat "Focus on Sanity" as mentioned above.

in the center  a quena in B flat minor "Fun House" #267. This quena is made from 3/4" red pex.  Named after a portion of a film by Orson Welles, "Lady From Shanghai" Much of the fun house section was cut from the film by Harry Cohn, part of the missing 1 hr. of that film. Most of the sets in the Fun House sequence were painted by Orson himself.

on the right a quenita in E flat # 255 "Castle". This quenita is named for the TV show of the same name and is made from 3/4" red pex.

this a reverse shot of the same three flutes.

this shot is similiar to the front shot above except for a different center flute.

The center flute in this shot is a quena in G minor #370 "The Essence of George Russell"

It is made from 3/4" red pex and is one in a series of flutes  named for George Russell, his music and compositions. "Essence of..." was an album recorded in Scandanavia and released on Sonet in the U.K.  A double album featuring "Electronic Sonata for souls loved by nature" which takes up side 1-2-3 of the album.

 

 this shot was taken on Hayden in Culver City in front a very odd building under construction, art in layers.... This is the G minor above, #370 "The Essence of George Russell".

and below another shot of that building...

Flutes for school

Neighborhood School
in Sherman Oaks purchased six of these for the kids.

one of the C flutes (129) on top is still available.
and in the 2nd photo  D flute #102 in the center, and C# (#244) on it's right are still available.
the rest went to the school, except C128 which went to another customer.


and these two miniature bird flutes (mouth pieces for training and making bird sounds, etc)
were given to the Neighborhood School with the other flutes.

 


I have many other flutes in stock, in different sizes and in most major and minor keys.

and...

this A flat was a custom piece made for Zena's hair salon in Tujunga. photo shows the top half...

and...

here a some closeups of an A minor flute that I made for my wife Debra.