WORKSHOP CLOSED FOR SUMMER
UPDATE 18 May 2025
Hi everybody! I will not be taking orders for flutes until October. The very short Swedish summer is approaching and I wish to spend as much time as I can outdoors. Tending my vegetables. Walking the coastline. Exploring new tunes and techniques.
Also, my workshop needs a good cleanup. Tools need sharpening, machines need maintenance. And I have some exciting new flute design ideas that I would like to develop.
Have a great Summer!
Contact
timadamsflutemaker@gmail.com
Timothy Adams
Klockaregårdsvägen 3
276 30 Borrby
Sweden
Questions
Feel free to ask any questions about the flute, like how to play it, how to care for it, how to breathe. I always answer.
Your background
It's always good for me to learn a little about your musical
background, if you want to share that information. For example, if you
are a beginner you might like some playing and posture tips to get you
started. Are you left or right-handed? If you play another musical instrument it will help me
understand where you're coming from, and guide you on. I've played
tin whistle, flute, guitar and mandolin for many years so I understand those instruments
well. And I sing.
My background
My story is no more unique than yours but here is some of it.
I learnt to turn, mill and grind machine parts, precision tools and
fixtures from the most skilled men in Dublin in the late 70s. The
workshop was cold but the men and their ways were warm and very old
Dublin. When you can manually machine steel accurate to 0.01 mm you
believe you can make anything so when I bought my first flute from
Dessie Seery in Bray in the 80s, I decided I would make flutes some day.
Over many years in Sweden I have entertained hundreds of audiences
playing tunes and
songs from Ireland with lots of friends. The years passed and in 2014 I
started making flutes seriously and I enjoy sending them off to
different parts of the wide world to become part of people’s musical
lives. What a privilege.
Long into the future I hope to continue to make and send out flutes
that people can afford to buy and enjoy to play.
