Classroom courses will be available in the form of illustrated talks on the detail of techniques employed by the instrument maker to cover voicing and tuning of flutes, recorders and whistles. Also including selection of materials, seasoning and preparation and manufacturing techniques. My work is done using metal turning lathes and other engineering tools which might be found in the home workshop and any tuition will reflect this. I do not teach or recommend the use of wood turning lathes. Classroom courses will also cover the use of hand tools, machine tools and making your own tools, including special purpose machines and tapered reamers. Classroom courses will be one or two days and might have as many as 5 attendees.
Workshop shadowing courses will involve you watching every stage in the making of a keyless flute, a descant recorder or a whistle. I will explain every step in detail, answering questions as the course progresses. These courses might have one or two participants and will last 5 days.
Hands on courses in the workshop will involve you in the making of a working instrument to take home at the end of the course. Your course could be based on the making of a keyless flute, a descant recorder or a whistle. You will, if you wish, carry out all of the operations to make a finished instrument from a rough sawn blank. Hands on courses will be one on one and last 5 days.
