Tulipwood (Liriodendron tulipifera)

• Craft: Tulipwood is lightweight with a fine, creamy grain, often pale with hints of yellow or green. It delivers an airy, light tone—perfect for a flute that feels like a gentle breeze.

• Spirit: Tulipwood carries a lifting, ethereal energy, its notes soaring with a quiet grace. Each sound opens a space of lightness and freedom, guiding you upward as you play.

• Lore: Tulipwood, hailing from North America, brings a touch of the wild to my flutes. In some cultures, it’s tied to growth and renewal, its name echoing the tulip-like flowers of the tree. For me, it’s a wood of air and light, its song a whisper of far-off forests. A tulipwood flute could sing with that free, uplifting magic.