The bamboo leaf - the wider the leaf type the thinner the bamboo wall which will produce warmer sound

The bamboo that I used to craft the flute

The wild bamboo. Notice the long and thin culm, perfect for the flute making

It can easily takes 2 months to get this yellowish color from the greeny wild bamboo

Pile of dried ("cured") bamboo stalks. Note the long culm which is hard to obtained

Cut the culm to the right length which based on the flute keys - i.e. the lowest note it will play (base note)

Cut flute to various length based on key to play and its called the flute blanks

Measure and mark the tone holes to play the notes by measuring the distances from the flute end

The piercing iron rods heated until red hod on a gas stove

Wooden flute stand

Raw bamboo on the stand

Heating up bamboo to get the color tone and to straighten the flute

Bending the flute after heating to get the straight flute. Cooling the hot bamboo with waterto make it straight permanently

Piercing pilot holes on the marks

Bamboo after heated up to produce the tone color with hole marks on top

Crafting the final hole size to produce right note

Crafting the final hole size to produce right note. The hotter the iron rod the easier to drill the holes

Drilling pilot hole for the embouchure

Finalizing the right size for the embouchure hole

Sanding - rough sanding

Final sanding - manually done

Flutes of multi keys after being sanded

Finishing the holes

Clean out the burnt marks and finihing the holes

Washing using normal detergent

Cleaning the inner bore using detergent and specially designed brush

Lacquered flutes being dried up

Plugging the cork at the emboucher end and tuning

Applying gold band accessories at the end of flute

Applying gold band accessories at the end of flute

Applying gold band accessories at the middle of flute

Applying gold band accessories at the middle of flute

The finished bamboo flutes - This is the Key C4 Minor flute, compared the size to the pen beside

The Key C4 Minor bamboo flutes measuring to 70 cm in total length and effective flute length of 62 cm