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Woodwind Musical Instruments
Woodwind Musical Instruments
In woodwind instruments, the player either causes a reed to vibrate, which agitates the column of air (as in a saxophone, clarinet, oboe or duduk); blows over a fipple, across an open hole against an edge (as in a recorder or ocarina), or blows across the edge of an open hole (as in a flute).
In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, wind instruments are classed as aerophones.
Yellow Knife Flutes (Fred Nez Keams, Anderson Co.; Lawrenceburg)
Fred Nez Keams is a talented Navajo (Diné)
maker and player of indigenous wooden flutes!
You can get in touch with him via a message on his Facebook page
(which also features much personal information not related to his flute making)
or
via email: frednezkeams@gmail.com
Fred's flutes are unique in style. He burns his holes, unlike most flute makers who drill their holes. His flutes are made of red cedar and because the wood is not lacquered you can smell the cedar very well.
The video at left, by Kentucky Educational Television, show Fred's process in detail...
Fred Keams was featured in the Kentucky Crafts Encyclopedia as "Crafter of the Month" in February, 2025.
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