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Timothy JenningsShop for FlutesWelcome, what was once a hobby has now become a passion. Living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming is one of last great places on earth. No better place to be inspired than to sit at the base of the Grand Teton's and let the wind speak to you.

My journey began with my son, Brock. Brock is a talented musician with a love for the Native American people that inspired the song now playing. Arrival was produced and played by Brock Jennings and Nakoa Heavyrunner right here in Jackson Hole.

I was already making Native American styled ceremonial pipes made from sacred pipe stone that was hand quarried by my mentor Donavan Archambault (Assiniboine Elder). Donovan started me on a path of making pipes in the traditional ways and as my love for creating these pipes grew I found a desire to see if i could also make some flutes for Brock and Nakoa. Well the journey continues and I now have made quite a number of flutes that play very well. One of my most recent flutes was made specifically for Nakoa as a gift to him and his family for all that they have done for Brock and I.

My passion for creating these wonderful wind instruments has blossomed into the opportunity to share my craft with others and the opportunity for someone to own one of my flutes arrived all on its own. On this web site you will Teton Pass Jackson Hole Wyomingfind flutes that I have made, some for sale, while others were created as gifts. I hope to be able to share with our site visitors not only finished flutes but those that are under construction and be able to see how a selected piece of wood makes the transition into a Native American styled flute.

Each flute we make is done completely by hand using almost all hand tools. All wood is hand selected by me and all of the woods we use are Native to the United States or Canada. Many hours go into each one of our wind instruments and they are hand tuned using a professional high accuracy Chromatic Tuner to the key that best suits the design and wood selected for each flute. No two flutes are the same! And even those in the same key and octave have different sounds. All of our flutes are hand finished using many many coats of Deft lacquer to achieve a smooth professional finish on each flute. After which each flute receives a final hand rub to make sure the finish has a soft satin look and feel.

Brock Jennings Native FluteFinally we dress the flutes up with the bird (fetish) selected for each flute using 100% deer skin (made in America) to attach the fetish to the flute. We add leather accents, feathers, horse hair and for certain flute we add some bead work. All bead work that is done on our flutes and pipes are made by hand using a Peyote Stitch. All stitching is done by Native Americans artisans from Montana and most are part of the Assiniboine people.

Our site features hand made pipes by Donavan Archambault (Assiniboine) from Montana. Donavan is a master pipe maker and has made many many pipes for ceremony, special requests, gifts, tribal counsel request and more. Donavan has one of the few producing Cantlinite (sacred pipe stone) quarries in Pipe Stone Minnesota. We hope to be able to feature many of his pipes on our site.

Shop for FlutesWe invite you to peruse our site and we hope you enjoy the journey here.

 
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