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 flute 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!
Facts & features
Here are answers to some of the questions you might have about a Tim Adams Irish Flute.
Flute Facts
| Material |
African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) Rings: Brass Cork: Natural |
| Length (total) |
660 mm |
| Weight | 303 grams (Blackwood) |
| Tonality (key) |
D4 major. (A 440 HERTZ) Primary notes: D, E, F#, G, A B, C#
D. Available notes via crossfingering: C, Bb |
| Octaves |
D4 major and D5 major. |
| Parts | End cap, cork, headpiece, main piece, foot |
| Tone hole distance from embouchure (mm) |
C# 225, B 260, A 293, G 360, F# 390, E 423, D 510 |
| Bore diameter |
Headpiece 19 mm. Main piece conical 19 - 13 mm. Foot 13 mm |
| Embouchure |
Elipse 11 x 10 (compare classical flute rounded rectangle 12
x 10) |
| Kit contents |
3-piece wooden flute Flute case Cork grease Tuning/cleaning rod Adams F plug Cleaning cloth |
Flute Features
| African Blackwood |
African Blackwood is a hard African tonewood. It is often the preferred wood for Irish and classical traverse flutes
because of its tonal quality, density and its sleek black appearance.
|
| Easy to play |
The holes are
small which is good for fast percussive tunes. The embouchure is an
elipse which allows clear tones all the way up over two octaves.
Lightweight (300 grams compared to ca 450 grams classical Pratten
wooden flute) for less strain while playing. |
| Handmade in Sweden |
I get heavy solid square blanks from my suppliers and I turn,
drill, polish and tune them using my small machines and homemade tools
in my basement workshop in Borrby, Sweden. An exciting, interesting and
fun process. |
