Doubleflutes

Max Brumberg playing Alghoza in Beith Guvrin
Max Brumberg playing Alghoza in Beith Guvrin Max Brumberg playing Alghoza in Beith Guvrin
play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
DF Maxence des Oiseaux Doubleflute
DF Maxence des Oiseaux Doubleflute
double flute variations
double flute variations
DF Ginadoublestage
DF Ginadoublestage
DF kellydoubleflsea
DF kellydoubleflsea
SAT max Satara
SAT max Satara
play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
DFkellydoubleatthesea
DFkellydoubleatthesea
Doubleflutes in A, D, G, C and D
Doubleflutes in A, D, G, C and D Doubleflutes in A, D, G, C and D
Nina Green, Waldkauz Doubleflute
Nina Green, Waldkauz Doubleflute Nina Green, Waldkauz Doubleflute

With two flutes playing at once it's as if a small band has struck up.
The chanter has six finger-holes and is in a diatonic major, like the penny whistle (tin whistle, Irish whistle). Here it is paired with a second flute acting as the drone (bourdon). When over-blowing forcefully on the drone, overtones are produced which match the chanter.

Common tunings:

D-major/E-minorl 300mm/(590mm)
C-major/D-minor 340mm/(650mm)
A-major/B-minor420mm/(800mm)
G-major/A-minor 450mm

The two slits of the windways permit to play the flutes together or separate.

A side-hole in the drone gives the capacity to play in a minor key.

Either with a drone of the same length as the chanter
or twice the length which makes it one octave deeper and has a greater range of sounds, and can be played as an overtone flute. If the drone is built twice as long as the chanter, then on over-blowing it plays in harmony with the chanter on the octaves,fifths and thirds, and furthermore can still be played as a fine overtone flute.

Drone-flutes with one or two tunable drones

The flutes are connected by an adapter made of juniper. They can be blown separate by different blowing holes in the adapter or be taken out of the adapter and played a a single flute.
The drones have several tuning holes, closed by cork.

C - whistle, 6 fingerholes - major
drone 1: C, D, E, F
opt. drone 2: E, F

D - whistle 6 fingerholes - major
drone 1: D, E, F#, G
opt. drone 2: F#, G

adapter made of juniper
adapter made of juniper adapter made of juniper
play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
flute with one or two drones flute with one or two drones
play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
play as a single flute or with the drone(s) play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
play as a single flute or with the drone(s) play as a single flute or with the drone(s)
adapter made of juniper
cork for tuning the drone cork for tuning the drone
a new version of my drone flutes, with one or two tunable drones