PYN FLUTES - 3D PRINTED NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE DRONE FLUTE

[@stephenhill6003]

I have one of their low D flutes and I regularly take on hikes and even played it in a cave in Zion National Park. They are great bargains.

[@alfonsowhite6474]

I bet the Zion Canyon have a great acoustics. I have not been there in years.

[@stephenhill6003]

@@alfonsowhite6474 You bet. It was an alcove that could have easily held an orchestra 🙂

[@lindaruehle9132]

I bought a low B single and a low E drone after watching this. They arrived fast from UK and were well packed. Helps to heat with a hair dryer a bit to assemble. Sound great and are a lot of fun. I love wood flutes and have many but the drones and low ones are just so expensive. Love all your videos Cutie Pie, you are a fantastic person and player.

[@midnightsun9559]

PYNflutes are amazing! I have 4 of them including a Dm drone. I had 3 holes added on the drone side to make harmony drones of them as well as an Am single. Everyone loves them especially the people at the nursing home where I work. Your skill is wonderful! I so enjoyed listening to you play. Keep on flutin'.

[@sean6012]

Hello! Would you happen to have any links / resources / lessons learned on adding additional holes to the drone side?

[@midnightsun9559]

@@sean6012 Dear Sananda; Mostly I have worked my own way through drone flute playing. What I have found during my experiments is that having as wide of a positive grip is essential especially on the larger flutes. 1.) You can always use cello tape or small corks to block off holes that are not harmonious with your scale; for instance; block the top 2 holes on the drone side if playing the major equivalent key. Block off the top hole on the drone side if playing in the 4th mode. Block off all the holes on the drone side for the classic drone sound. 2.) With a little practice, you can use your pinkie finger of your bottom hand to play the top hole of the drone side - it is so interesting to listen to that modulation. 3.) For the beautiful sound of a Mayan temple drone, use your right hand on the top of the 6-hole side remembering to keep the ring finger on the 3d hole from the top (or use a plug or piece of tape on it). Now use your pinkie on the hole south of the blocked hole. And here is where it gets interesting - use your left hand on the drone side. When you play both sides together, they will play in harmony no matter what holes you use! Just beautiful!! Mayan harmony (Mayan Temple Harmony) drones are VERY expensive. this gives you that sound on a very versatile flute. By the way, Jonny Lipford has some instructional KZbin videos on playing drone flutes. They are excellent. Cheers.

[@midnightsun9559]

OH, yes, Reza should have the programme for Gm, Em, and Dm with the 3 extra holes on the drone side. He also does a "double decker" drone flute like the one Tim Blueflint makes.

[@sean6012]

@@midnightsun9559 thank you so much for the detail! Really appreciate it 🙏🏾

[@mazkraut9776]

I have 2 Pynflutes and I love them both! They are amazing.

[@robertjohnston5011]

Sounds very good, plays loud and the intonation is excellent. I once bought a native style flute (wood) for about $30 in a gift store in a mountain national park, and it was just very poorly made, but it looked amazing. Great quality Native American style flutes are supplied by a good number of makers in the US and Canada. This PYN version helps solve a problem; an introduction instrument for some, at a very low cost.

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

Less maintenance too! 😊

[@TheLtbify]

Call of the Ice! Wonderful sound, thank you for exposing us to all these amazing instruments!

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Beautifully played : ) It sounds so woody i'm quite amazed at the timbre. Thanks cutey beauty :)

[@blazemama5361]

I have 3 of these. I love them!! ❤️

[@blazemama5361]

Love my PYN flutes!! I actually played mine at an open mic at a music festival . People couldn't believe the sound. Thank you for posting this. It's very helpful for playing ideas.

[@anasbelkrimimohamad_3-8-82]

Very nice and wonderful music, thanks a lot.

[@AndyF.-kq1cq]

beautiful music!

[@TavitaRaks]

Call of the Ice is soooo beautiful ❤❤ you play with so much heart! Thanks! I think I'm going to get one 🙂

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

@@TavitaRaks aww thank you so much ❤️ I'm really pleased you enjoyed it. xx

[@williamh123456789]

Nice to listen to new kinds of flutes

[@stephielulu9096]

Sounds lovely! 🎶

[@manicmarauder]

Very nice Call of the Ice :)

[@morvenb7759]

Sounds amazing when you play it. I bought one off the back of this, but I am a total beginner and struggling to get same sounds. Would love a beginner tutorial 🙏

[@dragonstudiowilliams8221]

Ok I'm getting one now

[@out_of_the_BOX]

My printer is currently making a standard native american flute, and I am very excited that the quality of a 3d printed flute meets your expectations, you obviously know a great bit more about flutes than I do. I hope mine turns out good!

[@djtrinity6487]

Where did you find the file for the 3d print

[@out_of_the_BOX]

@@djtrinity6487 thingiverse

[@mickaltham8202]

I've just bought one from pyn on ebay, can't wait to get it, I don't own any flute so really look forward to seeing more of your native american flute music 🙏

[@glenndent6626]

Hello Stephanie, I love the sound. A low D drone would take a lot of lung capacity though. I have a mid G split style drone that takes about all the air I can take in to play a phrase. I paid extra to have the bottom three holes drilled on the drone side. They can be covered with leather ties or the ties can be removed to play the low notes on the drone side while playing the higher notes on the main side for a really awesome sound. To play a double barrel shotgun style drone I would have to have the drone on the right as I play left hand on bottom. Try reaching across to the bottom holes with your left hand on bottom and you'll see what I'm talking about. I gave a 400 dollar low E drone flute away to a friend for that reason. People who play left handed should keep that in mind before buying the shotgun style drones. Toksa Akhe Mithakhola

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

You can potentially ask for these to be switched sides for left handed players. Shouldn't be a difficult change, as they're being 3D printed... 😊

[@N8TVTripper]

Sounds weirdly good, guess I'm getting myself one these, I like the deep flutes like this, I like the old-school meets new school

[@Hardrada88]

Very cool! I've been thinking of purchasing a 3D printed flute for a while..they seemed too affordable hah figured they'd not be much good. Very good! May well go for this :) cheers! And lovely music too btw 👌

[@charlesking3763]

Excellent review and demo.

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you very much for sharing this with us 👍🏻

[@mheermance]

Wow, that's a nice sounding flute and you played it nicely. It's a bargain at that price.

[@erinnfitzgerald6257]

Reza's 3D printed flutes are amazing!! I have a drone flute in the key of A that has a Native American bird symbol fetish, a key of G flute with a horse fetish & Reza's largest flute in the key of low D with a flying/winged horse fetish. I love the low D's deep, base sounds!

[@garreb7]

Good Morning CutiePie - Fantastic !! I've followed you on tin whistles , didn't know you also could play Native American Flutes!!! Great job with the Drone. By the way what was the song??

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

Mostly improv, plus a little tune (that I came up with on a different native flute) called 'Call Of The Ice'. There's a link to hear the full version at the end of the video 😊

[@picklefish74]

That's why I subscribed too.

[@christophertsiliacos8958]

@@CutiepieTinWhistle That's the nice thing about the Native American flute - you can make up tunes as you go along. But then again, I'm preaching to the choir. 😊

[@myastoywonderland2151]

Can you do a video on PYN’s printed drone flute in the key of e? It’s like this one but in e. They did not post a video about how that one sounds.

[@ROY-COLLEY]

Sounds nice , how do you make that Trill sound please .

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

Just by quickly tapping the finger off the note I'm playing 😊

[@christophertsiliacos8958]

👋Bravo! In fact, I’ll give you two big thumps-up. 👍👍 Great sounding Native American flute - the indigenous instrument of my homeland! 😉 BTW: When are you going to add the diatonic pan flute to your cornucopia of wind instruments? 🤔 Unlike my Bb trumpet and flugelhorn that require a lot of embouchure: the diatonic pan flute, like the pentatonic Native American flute, requires virtually no embouchure, if any. However, the more you go up the pan flute pipe ladder, the more aperture you’ll need. 🤫 "Try it, you'll like it!" The thousands of devoted pan flute players across Europe, Asia and the Americas (myself included) can't all be wrong. I personally own and play the diatonic 15-pipe Romanian alto pan flute that plays in the key of C major. Happy fluting! ♫ 😊

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

I ADORE the pan flute, I just haven't got round to trying one just yet. Do you have an suggestions for a good and affordable place to start?

[@FREEZER4000]

Thanks for the demo , you play very well . I had my acoustic guitar sitting next to me with the tuner on , to be sure I was in tune , the flute sounds great but It was a little out of tune , is there a way to fine tune the flute ? thank you

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

You could adjust the position of the top section to flatten the sound. It's quite likely that this flute is tuned to A342hz rather than A440hz though, which might explain why it would appear out of tune on a tuner. 😊 it's not an instrument I tend to play with others so I hadn't thought to check the tuning!

[@NachrichtenDeutschland-v3k]

Hi. Any chance to get the 3D Model to print myself ?

[@sabrinaohagan2480]

Call of the ice 😘

[@marcinmorun]

How about a Game of throne theme on this drone flute?

[@michaelholland6541]

How do you make it have the bursting sounds at the start of the second song sample? I'm about to get a triple, just got a low d bass flute

[@InTheWind_]

Where did you learn to play? We have been trying to learn but live very remote and can't access lessons. Are there books or videos? Have a lovely day!

[@robertcornelius3514]

Just by chance, is the material UV resistant? If not then it will deteriorate in no time at all.

[@MissionSilo]

Best note for droning?

[@Kyeguy1]

How do you do your sound recording?

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

I have a cover on what I use, it's an old video now but I'm mostly using very similar things, just updated versions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnKbl4GgYrGtqZosi=vXa5QG5uPOdpZpg5

[@katastrophe253]

Call of the ice

[@ivanmillar7084]

Hola No hablo tu idioma Solo cierro mis ojos te escucho y te admiro 🇨🇱🌹

[@rhondamckinnon1114]

How hard are these to play. I love the sound and style of them. Is it just a practice make perfect kinda thing?

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

They're really easy to play as it's all improvisation too. Just grab and blow and enjoy the sounds! Granted there's a bit of a stretch across the double barrel body, and a fair bit of breath required for sustained playing of the drone and melody flute, but if you're playing your own improvisation, you can stop to take breaths whenever you need to.

[@rhondamckinnon1114]

@@CutiepieTinWhistle Thank you so much . I have ordered one , the sound is amazingly beautiful!

[@Shapeshifter1231]

Call of the Ice! I’m wondering how durable these 3D printed stuff is. Any thoughts on that?

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

I think it's pretty strong! Probably wouldn't want to drop it but you wouldn't want to drop a wooden one either! The main benefits are obviously the price and the maintenance. Wooden ones need to be properly dried, stored and oiled, whereas the 3D printed version doesn't really need any real care.

[@Shapeshifter1231]

@@CutiepieTinWhistle Thanks!

[@wilsontaylor9348]

we're do you order one at

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

There are some links in the video description. x

[@manoloramirez6456]

Where can l get same flute

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

eBay or Etsy. Just Google 'pyn flutes' 😀

[@manoloramirez6456]

@@CutiepieTinWhistle thanks l like all yours video

[@birkins1]

Wow that’s sounds pretty impressive! If your looking to delve further into the Native American flute I can whole heartedly recommend. Woodsounds flutes. Had a custom one made a few years ago and it’s truely a work of art

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

The collection is growing, this is my fourth native flute 😁 I'll take a look - might be in for a fifth! 🤣

[@glenndent6626]

Hello birkins1, I recently received my Woodsounds Custom Creations flute. I had Brent and Crew make Twin low E flutes out of wood from a tree that grew in the front yard of mine and my brother's boyhood home. Of coarse my brother has the twin to mine. They weren't at all cheap but they are well worth the money. Quality second to none in craftsmanship and sound. Blessings my relative

[@birkins1]

@@glenndent6626 wow that’s lovely and something to treasure

[@birkins1]

@@michelmaurel your Totaly right you can pick up a high spirits flute for much less but if your serious about NAF and you want the best, woodsounds are incredible.

[@N8TVTripper]

What key is that though?

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

D major

[@jahhluv9738]

Call of Ice.

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

You're a sweetheart! Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@deathscythe1170]

It would be nice to buy the flute stl file diversifying there money income

[@voldy3565]

Oh my god, why don't they just sell the STLs!?

[@SpiritWolf_UK]

I love the sound of this. I just asked if he still makes the Dual Bore Drone D4, as he’s only listing the single bore D4. But I love your playing :) Update: Reza replied and he’s making me both the single D4 and drone D4 :)

[@louislaganille4363]

At the first picture i thought to urotsukidoshi,weird.....

[@zazovecchi]

How much does it cost

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

I think I paid £59.99 but there are smaller ones for even less!

[@zazovecchi]

@@CutiepieTinWhistle I’ll be sure to buy one but I am Italian so I will convert it in euros

[@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living]

not more plastic trying to distroy the trade of those who craft flute out of wood with there hands

[@FuckYourCredentials]

Started with this flute, now i own a bunch of hand crafted wooden flutes. This helped me get into native american flutes because of the price point

[@jepstarproductions]

I was worried about flute makers until I heard what it sounds like. Sounds terrible compared to wood and will just put more plastic trash into the world unfortunately.