Dutch New Flute maker “ELOY FLUTES”
Eloy Flutes use Japanese traditional technique “Mokume gane”.
Mokumeum body is only available on Eloy Flutes.
Musical instruments wholesaler World Frontier Co.Ltd. (HQ: Osaka, Japan、CEO: Yuya Kikuzawa) started to deal Dutch full handmade flutes ELOY FLUTES from January 2012. ELOY FLUTES use traditional Japanese technique “Mokume gane” to play both French sound and German sound.
Mokumeum are mainly made from Gold and Silver. Each different metal has own frequency. Once it become an alloy, that metal alloy has certain frequency. However, Mokumeum has different frequency on one body. Because of it, Eloy Flutes has special and identical sound.
Only a few Mokumeum flutes are available at this moment. In Japan there are 3 eloy flutes.
Please feel free to contact us if you have interests.
1. Encounter of Dutch flutes maker and Japanese old technique
Mokumeum is the method to produce ideal flute plate which has gold and silver. Mokumeum use Japanese Traditional metal processing technique Mokume Gane.
Eloy Flutes adopt Mokumegane not for cosmetic reason but it is the result of long and hard quest to find out prefect sound and tone. Mokumeum has both gold and silver in one flute. Those metals are included as “Gold and Silver”, not as an alloy. This is the reason why Eloy Flutes is so special and unique.
2. The combination of modern mechanism and old French sound – Eloy insistence –
Eloy flutes original bridge parts is one of the best solution for pinless mechanism. The perfect pinless mechanism make flutists possible to play with lighter touch.
All eloy flutes except 14K redgold are made by seam and soldered.
3. The player has only one personal flute
Mokumeum is designed only for Eloy Flutes and it is identical.
Even if the same craftsman make in exactly same method, Eloy Flute is unique because Mokumeum which has unique pattern and unique density.
Contact to
BEYOND inc.
Yuya Kikuzawa, Tomomi Otsuka
Zip 592-0012 Tonoki building 3F, 1-13-16, Nishitoriishi, Takaishi shi, Osaka, Japan
TEL: 072-767-6387 FAX: 072-767-6388
MAIL: info@world-frontier.jp
ELOY FLUTES Official Website: http://www.eloyflutes.com/