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Celebrating the Musical and Cultural Expressions of the World's Indigenous and Folk Flute Traditions
Michael Graham Allen
(Coyote Oldman)
"Michael Graham Allen: A Life of Flutes and Music"
Authors: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl and Michael Graham Allen
Publication: Overtones! August 2020, Volume 3; pgs. 11-21
Web site: www.coyoteoldman.com
"Lunar Symphony" from Tear of the Moon
04 Lunar SymphonyMichael Graham Allen (Coyote Oldman
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Peter Phippen (left)
Michael Graham Allen (right)
Michael Graham Allen
Michael Graham Allen
Michael Graham Allen's "Dream Flutes" (Photo: Michael Graham Allen)
Made from an elderberry stalk that grows in front of Michael Graham Allen's workshop. He created this flute based on New Zealand flutes. It is 4-1/2 inches long.
(Photo: Michael Graham Allen)
Michael Graham Allen Rim-Blown Flute
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen: Maker's Mark
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen: Five-Hole Native American-Style Flute
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen Bird-Head Flutes
(Photo: Russ Jones)
Michael Graham Allen Cedar Native American-Style Flute, 1996
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen Birdseye Maple Native American-Style Flute, 2001
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen Cicada Native American-Style Flute, 2005
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen Belo Cozad Replica
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen
Thimble Native American-Style Flute
(Photo: Michael Graham Allen)
Michael Graham Allen Hopi Flute Replica; Rim-Blown
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen Rim-Blown Flute
Note: Flared Bell
(Photo: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl)
Michael Graham Allen's Recording Flutes (1986)
(Photo: Russ Jones)
Michael Graham Allen Native American-Style Flutes
(Photos: Russ Jones)
Michael Graham Allen Bird-Head Native American-Style Flute
(Photo: Russ Jones)
This is a rim-blown flute by Michael Graham Allen (Coyote Oldman). It is in the key of A and was made in 2008. It is numbered as 502. Notice that the corn cob sits in the mouthpiece. It is meant to protect the rim. I asked Michael about the inclusion of the corn cob. He said, "Back around 2007, I had a good crop of field corn which we would grind into meal, and I used sections of the corn cobs to protect the blowing edge of flutes for a while."
Photos: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl
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This owl F# bass Native American-style flute is made by Michael Graham Allen (Coyote Oldman). It is a six-hole off-set flute. It is 44 inches long. It comes with a pipe that the player puts in the corked area. It is played like a bassoon. The flute is made of cedar. It was made in 2003 and is marked as #7. Notice the intricately carved owl created by Michael.
Photos: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl
When you receive a flute in the mail from Michael Graham Allen, you can count on the packaging being decorated in a similar fashion to his flutes. These decorations were placed on the box and the mailing tube from the thimble Native American-style flute that I received from Michael. (see above)
Photos: Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl
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