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Summary: Learn how to finish your Native American flute with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
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Werner John When Werner John was introduced to a small wooden flute at age 11, it was love at first note! Now, 40 years later, you'll find Werner in his workshop creatin... read more
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Questions & AnswersSo once you've voiced and tuned your flute getting it playing the best you can, the next step really the final step is to put finish on the flute so it looks the best it could look. What I do is sand the sides and the bottom of the flute. Get off any knicks or any unusual shapes so that it's all flat and smooth. For the top if you sand it with medium sandpaper it can change the tuning a little bit, as I've mentioned before. So you want to use very fine sandpaper for the top of the flute. But you've got the shape of the bird and you just sand that off, make it nice and smooth, get the sandpaper down to very fine. What I use to finish these flutes is a natural finish with citrus oil and linseed oil, a mix of those. The dryer in there helps it to dry fairly quickly overnight and you could put a few coats on. Make sure the first coat is absorbed really well, put two coats on maybe for the first coat, because these soft woods absorb a lot of finish. For the second coat make sure that all of the grain is filled with the finish so it's uniformed at the end. Then, once it's dry I use wax over the finish just for a final gloss and you can use any kind of natural wax. Then your flute is done and your flute will look something like this, kind of a matte finish. You can make it shiner with more coats of wax and you're ready to play your flute.
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