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Oooh! Nice but a huge restoration job. Some might say "why restore it ? Just keep it for the original technical information it contains." BUT, surely a musical instrument is all about making music ? Description says the mainstock is Rosewood... but looks more like Boxwood to me, which wou...

I’ll gladly start a new discussion headed, say, From flageolet to tin whistle , if others see some utility in bringing the topic out from under its current Mad Max cloak. I'd vote for that, stringbed, and I imagine Mad Max will be glad to see us go too. And we're seeing too much interesting materia...

These are mites. Some are ´dust´ mites. There seem to be a multitude of clades of these little beasties. One thing they cannot stand is paradichlorobenzene and naphtha. . .yup, old fashioned ´mothballs´. Mothballs are toxic to people as well as mites, but some small shavings left in your instrument ...

If you are taking any Oral medicines or using Eye Drops of some kind, I would look up the medicines side effects. Various medicines can cause bitter or metallic Side effects. Just a thought :poke: I would second Ben´s thought. I would also watch to see if this correlates with anything you may have ...

Tangentially, I would add to this discussion that all vegetation, wood and trees included, are profoundly involved with their relationship to light. Chlorophyll is perhaps the most photoreactive chemical in a tree, but certainly not the only one. The majority of the photosynthesis takes place in the...

Peter, these ´senior moments´ are killing me. You are right. On checking, the lady involved was Veronica MacNamara, and she was indeed referring to Morrison, who was her teacher.

Bob

Can´t add much about Michael Coleman. Somewhere I have an interview, conducted by Rag and Bone of Clare FM of an older lady, a former pupil of Michael Coleman. The lady always referred to Michael Coleman as ´The Professor´. In the Sean Reid Society Files there was some mention by Brother Gildas desc...

David Daye´s yer man. He did work on this before working with your fellow Aussie Craig Fischer developing the ´Squinter´, a square bored uilleann chanter.

Bob

Byll, there are people who suffer from Palmar Hyperhidrosis which is a nine-dollar term for ´very sweaty hands´. There are some over the counter anti-perspirants available to help counteract this condition. Two products are Carpe Max and Dry Hands. Might these help?

Bob

You might try this option:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixckTW21e4I
The ´Tidy Cat Set!´


Bob

Since you ask: There is a rather extensive ´sticky´ thread here of Youtube whistle-playing and background of the basis for the aesthetics.viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49647 This is really a fascinating and enjoyable resource.

Bob

As has already been mentioned, there are some hybrid 8 key flutes that utilized the Boehm foot mechanism. I have a post and axle ´dealer´s´ flute approximately 140 years old. Oddly enough, it appears to have been optimised to about A=435 hz so has relatively excellent intonation. Keep looking, you n...

Terry, I would commend the play Female Transport for your pleasure. I believe ´Compelling´ is a good descriptor of this play. There are clips, and even a full length video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVGujQrjuJ0 ) of the play on Y*ut*be. The drama is set aboard one of the penal transportation s...

Ah, well, I confess, living out here on the western edge of the States I still use archaisms. :D My maternal Grandfather was born in 1876 and passed away in 1965, so the verbal time-machine is quite familiar. When he was confused about something he would declare he was unsure ´if he was on foot or o...

Yes, Terry, as you said, evidence on the ground for better flutes in Ireland is spotty and anecdotal. Mike Rafferty as a young´un, before emigrating to the states was exposed to a variety of transverse instruments. He learned on a fife for the village band. Mike´s father before him played the flute ...