Flute Rack

And here it is. My mostly finished flute rack. 'Mostly' because the fabric store didn't have enough of the color of leather I liked to do all 8 pegs. The white cord is a stop-gap until I can find more leather. I'd prefer white leather, actually, but this sort of orangeish is okay. As for the flutes, each is a different key and a different type of wood. The wood affects the quality of the sound more than you might think. The bottom flute is of walnut and is an E-flute. It's also the hardest to play. For one thing, it's got a larger bore, so it takes more air. For another, the holes are larger and harder to get completely covered. Above it is a cedar A-flute, my very first flute and my only 5-hole flute. The top one is a birch C-flute. It's got the crispest sound of any of them, probably because birch is a harder wood than the others.

The rack isn't perfect, nor is it hung completely straight, but I don't feel like filling and putting more holes in the wall to make it straighter, nor like re-gluing the leather straps (since that would entail first removing them, and probably repainting). It's made from two wooden tie-racks, spray painted black, and a leather belt, cut into three (mostly) equal pieces. If I ever make another one, I will be much more careful about alligning the straps before gluing them into place. Probably using a square and a level. Oh, and the last ingredient is the leather cord, to cushion the flutes. Leather also provides a bit of friction, so that the flutes will stay upright. The ones on the satin cord have a tendency to flop over.