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The Quena 15 inches
What you Are Saying Erik ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Erik,
Your quena arrived today.Thank you, it is lovely. I loved your story too.This quena is my 19th flute. Another three on the way, including one of yours. The bamboo material is by far the best to my ears. I am 68 this year and music is still the most important thing in my life. You haven't heard the last of me Erik.
Keep happy and keep making beautiful instruments.
Very best wishes, Leone in Australia, Jan. 2010
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik, I just got my carved quena and fell in love with it. You have an amazing talent, I'm extremely pleased. Not only is it beautiful but the sound is the same windy tone I heard in my head; and as you probably know that is an amazing feeling. Anyway, I'm thinking about getting my brother into flutes. Again, thanks alot for creating such a tool for me to let my heart out. Peace and love. Erik, You are truly an artist! I bought a Quena from you, and it is magnificent. It is tuned very well, and has a lovely tone. I have many ethnic flutes, but yours is the most authentic, and certainly the best as far as sound quality. I can't believe that it was only $25!!! Thank you so much! My mother bought my first bamboo flute from Erik the flutemaker when I was 10 yrs old. 9 years later I found the flute lying around the house, which began my interest and search for a bigger, lower sounding flute. After experimenting for months trying to make them myself, I found some beautiful bamboo flutes at a music store. I inquired who made them, got the phone number and called. Once again I had bumped into Erik who invited me to his workshop. He opened up his arms, house and life to me. I am now a father of 3 and a professional trumpet player with the Dallas Brass, and carry one of Erik's bamboo flutes with me as I tour the country. It is my way to relax and enjoy my short periods of solitude on the road. My flute of choice is the Side-Blown Oriental and the End-Blown Quena.
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The Quena, also known as the Kena, originates in the mountains of South America. It has been said that they predate the Incan civilization. Some quenas have been found made of clay, stone, bone and bamboo. Its musical voice ranges from celebration to mourning. 
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