This flute is unique and one of a kind.  When my grandpa planted Indian corn in his garden of 2007, he didn't imagine it would end up on the internet.  When I saw it, I was impressed as to how tall and big the plant was.  I asked him if I could have the plant and maybe make a flute out of it.   

Having experience using sunflower stocks for flutes, made the process much easier to work with the corn.  This flute is in the key of E, made out of the bottom half of the corn stock.  It has a piece of Bamboo inlay for the sound chamber, Purple Heart and Yellow Herart rings and Myrtle wood end caps.  The fetish itself is made from the kernels of the Indian corn. 

The following year I collected over 150 Indian corn stocks, and out of all those, I was able to make only one additional Indian corn flute.  It was a lot of work for just one flute, but well worth the time and effort.  I've been researching several varieties of corn plants and have plans on making more flutes out of this plant in the near future; with a little bit of luck I should have some available by spring of 2011.   

On the Photos page, there is a picture of this same flute with a smaller flute which is the second Indian Corn flute I've made.