Mark Hoza's Kything Flutes Australia

Hoza keyless D flute recording

Mark Hoza — Mon, 09 May 2011 07:48:54 +0000

It’s time to add some sound files to my website!

I’m a maker much more than a player, so please forgive me for not playing better. In this video I effort to demonstrate the tonal characteristics of my flutes using my phone to record. Please, listen beyond the mistakes and the moderate sound [...]

Thinned Hoza Wood Headjoint (new)-254,2010

Mark Hoza — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:35:41 +0000

I made this headjoint in late 2010 when I was playing in a local orchestra and wanted to get a stronger tone and better access to the upper registers. It gives a strong tone and is easy to move through the entire range.

The tone colour is rich and interesting and what I am [...]

Chinese wood headjoint – grenadilla and silver

Mark Hoza — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:10:13 +0000

About 5 years ago I had a Chinese flute maker working with me to help sell his wood headjoints and wooden flutes directly into the “Western world” as he made very little selling them through normal wholesale buyers.

This is one of two wood headjoints that I have left over from that time. [...]

Chinese wood headjoint – ebony-nickel plated-new

Mark Hoza — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:05:26 +0000

This is one of two wood headjoints that I have left over from that time. [...]

Hoza thick wall headjoint (new)-241,2007

Mark Hoza — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:48:43 +0000

This headjoint is well suited to someone who is after a wood headjoint for Irish Traditional music or Celtic music. It has a reedy bottom end and plays well through to d’. It is not as strong in the third register and so is being listed as a second.

This headjoint will give someone a [...]

I inadvertently destroyed my website! Oops…

Mark Hoza — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:12:09 +0000

Pardon me, but I made a mistake when doing some general clean-up work in my hosting account and deleted the database on my new website!

I hadn’t backed up the database itself, so am using it as an opportunity to start afresh. I only just created the new one, so it isn’t a huge [...]