When one spends many hours each week making and handling flutes, the mind wonders.

Maybe because I came to Southern Cross Flutes with no background in the instrument, once the basic skills had been mastered I began to wonder about the possibilities of these flutes.

Guitars are played in every imaginable style of music. But the NAS flute is mostly limited to a small area of interest. I think that if it is to survive and thrive into the future, it must become attractive to musicians who hadn’t considered it before. That’s an ambition I have for it.

Could it be tuned to different scales?

What is possible and desirable from a design viewpoint, and how do the aesthetic qualities harmonize with design?

How can a maker innovate, but still honor the Native American peoples from whom this through-blown flute comes?

Hello,

it’s Roger, the maker here at Nyx.

My flute journey began—and still continues—at nearby Southern Cross Flutes where Todd and Bruce taught me the craft.

Nowadays I’m responsible for making most of the single-bore flutes at that renowned workshop.

Along the way I began little experiments with design and construction which have blossomed into the Nyx range.

When not fluting, I like to make furniture and ridiculous cases for gaming computers. I’m a classically-trained guitarist and a published writer of short fiction.

‘Nyx’ comes from ancient Greek mythology. She is the primordial goddess of night.

I live by the sea in beautiful Mana, on the Kapiti Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand with Alice, my partner in life.