Jose Cabézas

Jose Cabézas

Is an outstanding musician who has been performing and recording his original and traditional music professionally for almost 20 years in the United States and lives in Carlifornia.

José plays a wide range of Native American flutes that he manufactures himself with the best types of wood.

Its sound is truly unique. He is one of the most talented and diverse flute players around, adding his own style and compositions to the traditional tones and melodies of this ancient and beautiful instrument.

Jose's music is soft and tender, but also cheerful and lively. Watch on Youtube. How he makes the flutes

2015 No. 001 Bass flute C

This is the first bass flute I bought through Jose's website. It is made from Buginga and has a full, warm sound.

Bubinga

This grows in West Africa

The large Bubinga trees can reach a height of approximately 45 meters, the branch-free cylindrical rootstock with a diameter of approximately 130 centimeters can have a length of up to 21 meters.

It is an exclusive type of wood with a pinkish-reddish color and purplish veins. The heavy wood with special drawing is also called African "rosewood" and seen as an alternative to rosewood.

wood from Cameroon has the Botanical name: Guibourtia demeusei (Harms), productions from Gabon are traded under the name kevazingo and has the Botanical name: Guibourtia tessmannii (Harms) J. Leonard. Both species belong to the Leguminosae family (Caesalpiniaceae).

Source: Van Laere Hout

2015 Nr 002 Cm

No. 002 the medium C is made of purple heart wood, this is deciduous wood. It's a pretty heavy flute. The tree can grow up to 38-45 m high and root up to 3.5 m high. The straight cylindrical branch-free trunk is 15-20 m long and has a diameter of (0.4-)0.7(-1.0) m. wavy thread, Dries slowly, little tendency to pull and tear.

Video made with this flute

When purpleheart wood is first cut, it is actually more of a dull gray or faded brown color. However, with age and sun exposure, the wood darkens and takes on a more purplish hue.

After the wood has reached its bright purple hue, as long as it is continuously exposed to UV light, it will settle to a dark maroon, chocolate purple or even black color. The only way to prevent this drastic color change is to lock in the desired shade using a UV inhibiting lacquer.