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I am Daniel Arrington, I've been making Native American style flutes since 2005. I try to create flutes which play well, sound and look great. Thanks for visiting this site.


Smoke, songs and prayers are up for everyone in need.



                  April 2025 (dates TBD), St. George, GA;
https://www.facebook.com/Cherokee-of-Georgia-Tribal-Grounds-166072476743552/timeline


                  April 2025 (dates TBD). Gainesville, FL. https://www.sfcollege.edu/spring-arts/


                 April 25 - 27, 2025. The Landing at Ft. Walton Beach, FL; http://www.musicalechoes.org/ This will be the 25th anniversary of the flute festival! The totem theme is Raven.


                  October 2025 (dates TBD). St. George, GA;
https://www.facebook.com/Cherokee-of-Georgia-Tribal-Grounds-166072476743552/timeline


                  October 2025 (dates TBD). Micanopy, FL; https://micanopyfallfestival.org/


                 Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2024. Gainesville, FL; https://www.oconnellcenter.ufl.edu/craftfestival/


YouTube videos

     Positioning the block (i.e., bird, fetish) on a Native American style flute

     Introductory playing tips and suggestions

     Flute-Making Overview (~4.5 minutes)


Gainesville FLUTE CIRCLE - free and open to anyone interested in playing the Native American style flute - https://judyrobinsondesigns.com/gainesville-flute-circle/

The Circle is meeting again. Subject to Library room scheduling, gatherings are usually held the 2nd Saturday of the month at the Millhopper branch library (3145 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606). Search for "Gainesville Native American Style Flute Circle" on Facebook for updates.




Black Locust with a Tasmanian Blackwood / Eastern Red Cedar (felled by Hurricane Irma in Windsor, FL - 09/2017) mouthpiece. The block features a Pileated Woodpecker (Gabon Ebony / Pink Ivory) working a Thuya burl tree on a base of Tasmanian Blackwood / Eastern Red Cedar. A silhouette woodpecker in flight is wood burned at the bore end. Flute #313 is tuned as a G4 with a 7/8" bore and has an overall length of about 20 5/8."

What an honor!



Camphor flute (#282) with a figured Myrtle mouthpiece. Key: D, bore 1 1/8". Decorative elements feature butterfly inlays using Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, Kingman Turquoise, Malachite and Azurite. PrismaColor accents.
Display block: Butterfly (Camphor wings with wood burned accents and PearlEx pigment). Pistachio body on a Black Walnut mount. Jasper cabochon in figured Myrtle on Pistachio / Eastern Red Cedar.Travel block: Beech butterfly silhouette on figured Myrtle with a "flower" inlay (Lone Mountain Turquoise, Azurite, Pipestone with wood-burned accents) on Camphor / Eastern Red Cedar




Kansas Birch (1" bore; key of E) with a Pecan, Rosewood and Butternut tenon mouthpiece. Block features a Pecan / Honduran Mahogany figure on Red Maple, Madrone burl and Eastern Red Cedar. The decorative element is a stone inlay and wood burned representation of a corn plant using Malachite and Pennsylvania Jet with yellow "tassels".




This flute is composed of Black Walnut with Pecan mouthpiece and end cap (key of E). Decorative elements include red coral inlay wolf tracks and a wood-burned image of a wolf head on the south end of the bore. The wolf perched on the block is carved from Pecan. Super responsive, this flute produces a strong vibration easily felt in the finger tips while playing.




This Cherry (F#) flute features dragonfly inlay and wood burned images on the block and on the bore of the flute.




This is an Oscola Eastern Red Cedar flute. 1" bore, key of E. The turtle carved into the south end of the bore is heading towards shore. The block features a turtle coming out of the surf (inlay opal, azurite, malachite, and turquoise).

Musical Echoes' flute making judges (Dock Green, Jeff Ball and Raymond Redfeather) and that evening's featured performer, Robert Mirabal, played and autographed this flute.

If you have any questions or comments, please send an e-mail message to: dan@nLss-flutes.com