How Tele Tunes Was Born
My bamboo flute exploded in Finland!
The first flute I ever bought was a Native American flute I bought from Peru — and the first time I played it back in my native Finnish climate, it exploded on me! Turns out bamboo and Finnish climate don't mix well. I asked my local music shop if they sold any, they told me straight: "We don't sell them. They don't survive our northern climate."
That was the start of Tele Tunes.
What I really wanted was a drone flute — the kind where there's two flutes in one. But the prices were absurd, even for a basic model. I bought the cheapest mass-produced plastic double flute I could find anywhere in the world. The quality was so bad I couldn't stand to play it. That's when I started making my own.
I started from plain PVC pipes, then my local library got a 3D printer — and I started designing and printing the mouthpieces (the most difficult part to get right). Then I could just stick them to a PVC pipe and make it play!
After many years of prototyping and fine-tuning my craft (ok, I got distracted and made some electronic wind instruments and a full Virtual Reality music playground along the way) — Tele Tunes was born. A large thanks to the people who developed the next generation of 3D printers, making it finally possible to reasonably reliably 3D print full wind instruments!
What I kept from those original Native American flutes was the philosophy:
Playing flutes should be easy, fun and come from the heart.
No complicated breath/fingering techniques, no steep learning curve. Just pick it up, blow, feel — and make music.
— Mauri, founder
Every flute backed by my 14-day return policy. If it's not right for you, send it back — no questions asked.