I attended John Landell’s Vermont Flute Workshop in 2009. This was an amazing experience to work alongside and learn from a true master craftsman.
Here is my photo journal of the adventure.
Reamers are made on a grinding wheel. These are used to ream out the insides of flute key tubing creating a smooth fit.
Reamers hardened by heating rods and then quenching in water. In this way they can cut efficiently.
Reamers hardened by heating rods and then quenching in water. In this way they can cut efficiently.
Reamers hardened by heating rods and then quenching in water. In this way they can cut efficiently.
This is a reamer made out of a sewing needle. This is used to ream out the holes for the pinning needles used on the A-Bb combination, trill keys and the right hand assembly.
This is the next project. To make a small burnisher-scraper.
This can be used to take away excess solder, in this case where the seam of the rib and the tube meet. It can also be used to shape the embouchure hole. DO NOT do this yourself if your not willing to waste a headjoint.
I start with a piece of drill rod.