Orders must be confirmed in writing or by e-mail. Please, include your full postal address, e-mail and also tel. number with the country and regional codes, too. At entry of a new order I send a price offer together with an invoice for a deposit. Orders date from receipt of the deposit.

Deposit
A deposit of 20% of the price is required. This payment on account is needed to cover expenses for the materials and tooling.  Therefore, in case of cancellation of an order by the customer, the deposit is not refundable.
 
Terms of Payment
Balance to be paid at completion and before delivery. I can only accept bank transfers (banking drafts / wired money). My bank details will be given individually with the invoice or price offer for a new order. Cheques or cards are not acceptable, but cash is when collecting at my workshop.
 
Waiting time
There is a waiting list of about 12 months. Further and more detailed information will be given individually. The exact waiting time cannot be guaranteed and it is not part of the purchase contract.
 
Visiting
You are welcome to visit the workshop and try my flutes and chanters. Please, contact me in advance  – it is necessary to make an appointment and fix date and hour.

I make a variety of flutes: Rudall, Pratten or concert models; perfectly adapted for Irish, Celtic, traditional music as well as for classical music.

Welcome to AEBI Flutes & Chanters!

Thank you so much for coming by. I hope you enjoy browsing through my website. If I can be of any assitance to you, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

You can also find more information about my work and activites on my personal website  https://wooden-flute.com.

Apart from that I also have a home on Instagram and Soundcloud.

I was born and bred in the region of Basel in Switzerland. I started learning  the uilleann pipes in 1989 and the flute a few years later.

From 1991 until 1999 I worked with pipe maker Andreas Rogge in Tübingen, Germany, and learned  to handcraft instruments such as the Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes, Small pipes, Grande Bourbonnaise, Cabrette, Schäferpfeife and Hümmelchen. During my apprenticeship I also took an interest in the Irish flute which developed into my making them, just for myself at first, then also for Andreas’ shop.  

In 1999 I moved back to Basel to open my own workshop. Since then I have been busy making wooden flutes for Irish music. I had started off with a Pratten design originally inspired by a Hudson. In time I learned more about flute making by examining some great flutes of Rudall & Rose, T. Prowse, Fentum, Astor & more. Today, I am still making both types, Prattens & Rudalls, however, I work exclusively with my own designs.  The Uilleann pipe chanters that I make are also my own design. By the way: all flutes and chanters are designed to play in Hz 440!

Therefore, whenever the old makers’ names are used in this context, it is to pay them tribute, because these names stand for certain types of flutes or sounds and because they are in common use for categorisation. Whatever flute or chanter I might make for you will be one hundred percent Aebi!

Thomas Aebi

Thomas Aebi