A FLUTEMAKER'S
STORIES

The 2020 Mercy Kids Provision Campaign

August 13, 2020

Flutemaker Ministries was born when my wife, Linda and I started supporting a rescue of children from a garbage dump in Nicaragua in 2006. With the help of donations we were able to build a children's home. One day...

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They Came Down My Street

July 30, 2020

Dearest Bamboo VIP: You are invited to an exclusive lunch and Round Table to discuss the Japanese plant Taiho Chiku known in 1886 as Bambusa Argentea Striata in Florida.  All my special guests have not only touched the...

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2020

July 4, 2020

I think we all can agree that we entered 2020 wanting to be well, happy and be a blessing in these next 10 years. Then Suddenly the Pandemic! Uh Oh.... Our hearts go out to the...

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What in the World is Flutemaker Ministries doing?

December 10, 2019

It is such a joy to do something to help our needy world. Every month, with your help, Flutemaker Ministries supports A Heart to Love Foundation which enables them to bring food to 266 children with...

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The Train

November 11, 2019

Someone once said, “A dream, is a vision in the night and a vision, is a dream, in the day.”I don’t know what I had, perhaps my soul was seeing what I was feeling in pictures....

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How to improvise on your flute

October 15, 2019

Greetings from Erik the Flutemaker. This is an article that is quite overdue. If I can better help my customers to play that will be a delight for me, and a benefit for you. I do...

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The Story of Your Flute

September 6, 2019

After four decades of harvesting bamboo in Florida for flutes, I began to ask the question, "How did this get here". Even the old-timers could not answer. After 4 years of researching, I have become the "Erik the Flute-maker...

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History of the Flute

August 12, 2019

A four holed flute made from a femur bone of a bear was found in a cave in France. Flutes have been found in tombs in Egypt and depicted on their walls. Clay flutes and whistles...

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Music in the Grove

July 5, 2019

Is there music in the grove? Is bamboo surrounded inside and out with music? Can bamboo communicate?  If so, how? Can one interact with living Bamboo?

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My First Flute

June 3, 2019

Up to this time I owned and loved a wooden flute that was made in India. The strong wood revealed a lovely grain. A brass ring hugged the end of it, looking like a prince from...

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The Parable of the Flutemaker

May 14, 2019

A Spiritual Application of Flutemaking Warning! This may impact your life and be a great blessing I have been known to say, that the art of Bamboo Flutemaking boils down to where the holes should go...

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Erik the Flutemaker in Nicaragua March 2019

April 24, 2019

March 15, 2019: Day 1 Douglas the architect and Bradford his son and I, were just about to touch-down in Managua when our plane was suddenly thrown to the ground with wind shear, I could feel...

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