Now Working on September 2020 orders
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Thank you so much for stopping by! I can be reached for inquiries or address changes at: orders@chriswallflutes.com
Now Working on September 2020 orders
Thank you so much for stopping by! I can be reached for inquiries or address changes at: orders@chriswallflutes.com
I will cease to accept new orders for the wait list beginning January 1st, 2024. All orders must be placed and paid before that date to make it onto the wait list before ordering becomes impossible. It has been the great honor of my life that so many people around the world desire to play my handmade flutes that you were willing to wait to receive them, but the wait list has now grown to a point that I can no longer accurately guess how long the wait times will be for new orders, and that is not a good thing for me or for my faithful customers. I would also like to assure everyone that I am not retiring, nor am I ceasing to work on fulfilling existing orders. All orders will still be filled at the same pace, I'm just taking a break from adding more orders to the wait list. This will allow me to get caught up, and will also allow me to reveal some exciting ideas of new flutes and whistles that I want to make available, but I won't be able to do that until I've filled all of my existing orders or at least drastically reduced the wait times. In 2020 I received around 3x the normal amount of orders of any year before then, and significantly more than any year since then also. It may seem like no progress is happening on the wait list banner, but that is not the case, as flutes are continuously going out. There were simply so many orders in 2020 because of the pandemic that it takes me many months to get thru one month's worth of those orders. The rest of the years on the wait list since then where not like 2020, so the progress will pick up once I've gotten out of 2020's orders. I don't know how long it will be before I reveal the new designs I've been developing, but rest assured that I'm going to be fair and fulfill the existing orders before offering anything new. Again, thank you all so much for placing your trust in me, and I'll be in touch when I've reached your orders on the wait list. - Chris
My love for flutes began with the Japanese Shakuhachi. As I learned to play and make these gorgeous flutes, I was blown away by the mastery of the Japanese craftsmen. Every detail and every measurement are labored over for sometimes months at a time, until perfection is achieved. It was here, spending years learning to play and make these flutes, that I earned a doctorate in Flute Science from the School of Hard Knocks.
Once I was comfortable with my Shakuhachi skills, I became curious about the traditions of flutes from other parts of the world outside of Japan. I've always had a wide range of musical interests, so flutes were a way for me to explore many different cultures and musical traditions. In the process I learned to play, as well as to create, the Chinese Xiao, the Armenian Duduk, the Native American Flute, as well as the Irish Flute and Pennywhistle.
It was from a lifelong fascination with Irish Traditional music that I stumbled upon the humble Pennywhistle. I had been listening to its lovely tones for a decade without realizing what exactly was making the sounds I had come to love. Once I discovered its identity, I tried playing many different brands. Having already been spoiled by the immaculate performance of the Shakuhachi flute, I was quite unimpressed with the whistles I had acquired. I couldn't afford one of the elusive whistles from the master makers like Copeland or Sindt, so I decided to make use of my imaginary doctorate in Flute Science to design a Pennywhistle which lived up to the tonal standard of the Shakuhachi, without breaking anyone's wallets along the way. Little did I know I would soon sell over 2,500 of these little wonders to over 50 countries and counting.
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