"If bamboo is considered to be the soul of the shakuhachi, the bore of the instrument is clearly its heart."
Monty H. Levenson
Crucial part of the flute making process is fabricating the bore profile. Flutemaker Lab is a precise software tool that takes the opportunity to explore and develop the bore shape of your instruments to a whole new level. It gives you an ability to plot, design and analyze your instruments. In your workflow you can create sketches and store any notes about different aspects of your making experience.
Explore the bore
Scale and compare different bore profile graphs
Measure everything
with Flutemaker Lab you can:
create tables of bore measurements
view bore measurements in different styles: single curve or cross-section view
scale and compare different bore profile graphs
plot and store size and position of the play holes
create text notes during the workflow
bind photos to the bore profile
visualize critical points and perturbation weight functions
calculate an approximate influence of perturbations at the different areas of the flute
mark the significant parts of the bore with the colors you want
exchange your data between Microsoft Excel and other software