Like the title says, how do you store your flutes? Currently most of mine are stored wrapped and in the bottom drawer of my dresser. However the Anasazi flutes are too long and would like to hear or see how your all are storing your flutes.
I am working on an oblique rim blown flute that is 25 1/4 long with a bore ID of about .750. I am using Maple blanks that my son in law made by routing the halves for me and then I glued it together using Titebond III. The wall thickness is about .100 and the bore has been sanded and is smooth.
Following the pattern of the Broken Flute Cave flutes and using the dims from what I could find on Fluteopedia.
The problem is that the lower register is very quiet and will play with all the holes open, but when I move down the scale it gets quieter until I rarely can get the root tone. If I jump up to the next octave it plays much louder, but once again as I move down the scale the last two holes are very quite and difficult to play.
I am just learning to play an oblique rim blown flute so that may be part of the issue or maybe the bore is too small for the length. I also have shakuhachi, quena and other rim blown flutes made by other makes and have no issues playing them and under stand that blowing Ro (lowest note) on the shakuhachi is the hardest to get to play.
Any ideas and pointers would be greatly appreciated!