Instrument Explorer

Drone Flutes

Status: concept packet

**Packet:** DRN-FAM-001 **Family:** open-pipe (Native American Flute lineage; drone-flute variant) **Pipeline:** cnc-lathe (hybrid: split-body CNC + lathe round + CNC facet) **Status:** in-progress **Sisters:** [flutes](https://github.com/tonykoop/flutes), [fujara](https://github.com/tonykoop/fujara), [transverse-flute](https://github.com/tonykoop/transverse-flute), [shakuhachi](https://github.com/tonykoop/shakuhachi) **Done-bar reference:** `flutes` (NAF family with K2 corrections) **Aesthetic references:** elementalflutes.com/gallery, broinwood.com (CNC inlay) **Date:** 2026-05-05

Run it — Wolfram CloudInteractive acoustic model

Live interactive acoustic model (Wolfram Cloud, Public-Execute). Drag the sliders; every value is computed from estimate placeholders — pending measurement, not fabrication authority.

Concept images

drone-flutes — hero-render.png
hero-render.png
drone-flutes — family-group.png
family-group.png
drone-flutes — exploded-diagram.png
exploded-diagram.png
drone-flutes — facet-inlay.png
facet-inlay.png

Concept renders — not fabrication authority.

Build packet