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Sedi wrote:Here an example of the "pucker"-embouchure used by a brilliant player:
https://youtu.be/3J8TNoXELnw

https://vimeo.com/164283121

jemtheflute wrote:

Tonehole wrote:Not played the Morvan flutes - he's too far south of France to travel to try for me.

Um, Stéphane Morvan is in Britanny, just like Solen Lesouef.

I think he moved to the Alps.

This one? https://tunearch.org/wiki/Green_Fields_of_Woodford

https://www.irishtune.info/tune/2918

Andro wrote:People are still using ivory?

Mammoth Ivory:

Solen Lesouef web page wrote:What about Ivory embouchures? Well it’s subtle but i believe the sound of Mammoth Ivory is more focused, however a wooden embouchure has a warmer tone.
http://sosolaflute.com

Lucie Périer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ndUoRscGBw

It varies by flute. I can get a reasonably in-tune high C nat on my flute by simply: oxo ooo and that's good because with only one more finger down I can get the high d: oxx ooo I agree, most of the flutes I've tried behave this way. Also, you can get high C-nat by half-holing. I think Orlaith is d...

Hi,

Just noticed that the link to Geert Lejeune’s homepage is not up to date:

http://www.geertlejeune.com

jim stone wrote:HBradley's rt hand position in this video, especially toward the beginning, when one can see it, is instructive, IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2wPxD-ukCg

Another one from Harry Bradley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L__0Y6ys1w

2x1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TMfIb0GqR8

Some time ago a Stéphane Morvan red lancewood was for sale here on Chiff & Fipple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wEV-EyXEqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0tTIFrKoi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPv-M4R7VhQ

jim stone wrote:And here he is playing a flute, I don't know whose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlhwLLQOn88

Some clue here? https://vimeo.com/228890620
Is it like the ones in his workshop, and this one?

Occasionally I meet someone who plays one of Chris Norman's flutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny8DRiHwlJo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S94Nm5Nn-2A
I haven't tried it myself, though.

Does anyone else remember a video of Chris Norman and someone else playing his flutes in his workshop? I think I may have had something like this fly through my Facebook feed a few years ago. But my memory is fuzzy on this one. Could be this one: https://vimeo.com/113427691 (discussed here: http://...

Great news! Just ordered my copy

Why all the sighing? Does this flute come up on ebay all the time? The waiting list for a keyed Olwell flute is long, I believe. But occasionally, for their birthday, they put one newly made flute on eBay... Past years went like: http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=102971 http:...

Here we go again...