Now the fine print...

A note about Native American flutes - just as a "French horn" is a particular type of musical instrument, "Native American flute" refers to a particular type of musical instrument and does not imply that it was made by an enrolled member of a federally-recognized tribe. Although Odell's flutes are owned, used and endorsed by many prominent Native American musicians, High Spirits flutes are not "Native American made" as specified by the U.S. Government. If it is your desire to own a flute made by an enrolled member of a federally-recognized, US government approved Native American tribe, you can find flutemakers through a web search. So to summarize: according to the United States government, Odell does not make "Native American Flutes," but rather what the governments calls "Native American heritage flutes." Got it? Pretty much all such flutes, no matter who makes them, are "Native American style" flutes since there are very few flutes produced today that are done as they were 100 or more years ago, but you should be aware of the nuances.

More photos of the new Signature flutes

I had thought about calling these the "concert flutes" because they are quite an impressive piece of work to have with you on stage and - as with all my flutes - they are precision-tuned.

We have some new photos up: click here to see those and read more about them.. You can get any of the flutes in the key you want: "A", "G", "F#" and "High D".

Almost forgot to mention...

If you click on the Signature Flute photos you can see larger versions of them.

Enjoy

Preview of the new Signature Flutes

I'll have more about these in days to come, but I wanted to show you
some of the first photos we've taken of my new Signature Flutes series.

It has been great fun and an inspiring challenge to take the
traditional elements of Native American flutes and add a new creative
dimension while also keeping with my goal to make each of my flutes a
precision instrument.

We don't yet have these in my online store at highspirits.com but
will add them soon. In the meantime, if you're interested, call me at
my toll-free number at 800-394-1523 or if you are in Arizona or
outside of the USA call 520-394-2900.

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Wecome to my blog

Since the early days of the internet we've had High Spirits Flutes and our Native American style flutes online at http://www.highspirits.com/ and now we've started this blog as a way to try to keep you updated on new flutes and whatever else comes to mind.

If you visited highspirits.com you know that we've tried to save you some money by offering free shipping for the holidays for all orders over $50 and that will last up until January 5, 2009 on all orders over $50. This year for the first time we even a special on shipping for folks outside the United States.

In future blogs I hope to introduce you to some exciting new flutes designs I've been working on.