Nyx Instruments

16/04/2025

https://www.nyxinstruments.com/store/p/high-d-hijaz-in-ancient-kauri

This is a unique build made from a small length of ancient kauri (circa 40,000 years old). It is tuned to the hijaz scale. (aka double harmonic, byzantine etc…) Both the 2nd and 6th are flattened, which sets the exotic, middle-eastern tone. The octave is available with the thumb hole on the back

16/10/2023

It’s no secret that the major limitation of the NAS flute is the paucity of tones. This is because it doesn’t have mechanical keys, like a clarinet, for instance, or a saxophone. Devotees solve this problem by collecting many flutes in different keys and registers. (Makers applaud this initiative).

Here we have a pair of flutes, both in high D. One tuned to the familiar minor pentatonic, the other to its major counterpart. Identical twins with different personalities, together they fill in the blanks that exist inside the octave.

Alice is playing these cuties. Can you detect a hint of ‘Summertime’ in the minor flute?

09/07/2023

‘Fancy’ here means: ‘fine, elegant, ornamental’, (as opposed to plain). I just wanted to show this tooter which was made for Barry, a few months ago. Body - Rosewood. It may be a truism that everything is better in rosewood. I can’t get enough of it. Truncated nest - burned maple. Yes, fir...

02/07/2023

Dream, traum, moemoeā Daring simplicity. Bling-free. Made for excellent heart rimu. For the flute curious and players for whom 6 holes is one too many. It’s satisfying - and a bit scary - to focus purely on build quality and playability. All musicians know that is hardest to play something simpl

01/12/2022

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