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Introduction to Bamboo Flutes

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Concert Tuned Flutes include: Keys of: A, Bb, C, D (High - Low), E, F, G

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The Easy Flutes include: The Kiowa Love Flute
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Pan Pipes include: Major,
Andean

Kid's Corner

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Other Products / Accessories include: How to Dvd, CD's, Flutemaking Dvd, Flute Cases, Flute Bags, Sax bags, Reeds/ Reed Cases, Bamboo Pen Holders

Painted Flutes

In the Flutemaker's Village include:
Where's Erik
Letters from Customers
International Photos

Songs for the Bamboo Sax
Songs for the Pennywhistle

In The Village you will find some neat articles:

*History of the flutes.
*The Story of Erik the Flutemaker.
*From The Flutemakers Heart, (my testimony)
*Parable of the Flutemaker.

Questions for the Flutemaker

Our Return Policy

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Da Vinci Master Carved Flute
by Leo Aguirre

A stained glass design around the mouthpiece and inbetween the keys,
Holy Trinity Symbol inside top and bottom rings.
The phrase in the back is in the Ancient Latin alphabet.
The Cross and Secret words are in the Templar's alphabet.

This is one of the many symbols for the Holy Trinity from Christian symbolism.

aquila non capit muscas
"an eagle doesn't catch flies"
A noble person doesn't deal with insignificant issues.

Ancient Latin Alphabet
The earliest known inscriptions in the Latin alphabet date from the 6th century BC. It was adapted from the Etruscan alphabet during the 7th century BC. The letters Y and Z were taken from the Greek alphabet to write Greek words. Other letters were added from time to time as the Latin alphabet was adapted to other languages. Many letters had several different shapes.

Introduced in 1147, the red cross quickly became the Templar's exclusive sign, so much so, that chroniclers still refer to it as the "Cross of the Temple" or the "Templar Cross", without always specifying its color, which suggests that everyone knew its shapes and colors.

Stained Glass Design	Signed and Dated in Roman and Templar alphabet

THE SECRET TEMPLAR ALPHABET

The first mission assigned to the Knights Templar was to guarantee the safety of all pilgrims in the Holy Land. They soon strayed from this duty and amassed such wealth that they became the treasurers of the king and the pope. As a security measure, they encrypted letters of credit that they had issued between their 9000 commands. Their substitution alphabet was deduced from the so-called "cross of the eight beatitudes", which stood as the order's emblem below.

The templars replaced each letter with a symbol, according to the following system of substitution: