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- Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Suddenly in the market for a flute by Christmas...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5769
Re: Suddenly in the market for a flute by Christmas...
Get a Copley or a Burns. I have owned both as well as an Olwell. My Olwell is a gorgeous, wonderful instrument that I dearly love but it was somewhere just shy of 2k. The Delrin Copley I travel with is nearly as good for only 360 new I think. you could play either a burns or a copley your whole life...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:17 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Quiet playing Flute ?? Is there one..
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5957
Re: Quiet playing Flute ?? Is there one..
With a good embouchure, any flute can be played quietly. I think you should look at a Burns folk flute. They can be pretty loud if you want but it's probably better suited to playing sweetly and quietly than the Copley. However, my Copley plays sweetly and quietly quite well so your mileage may vary.
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:12 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Which type of flute do you play.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12896
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
You can't limit yourself to just one.
I play:
A Jupiter dimedici Bohm flute
An Olwell pratten keyless
A delrin keyless Copley
And a 5 key Martin freres f flute
I love them all.
I play:
A Jupiter dimedici Bohm flute
An Olwell pratten keyless
A delrin keyless Copley
And a 5 key Martin freres f flute
I love them all.
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:23 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: A wooden flute maintenance question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6785
Re: A wooden flute maintenance question
I would echo what everyone here has said and would not leave a wood flute assembled all day routinely. Additionally, it's important if you have cork lapping on a synthetic instrument. Leaving a cork lapped tenon assembled causes the cork to compress prematurely requiring service much sooner.
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:13 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Boehm Flute Question: Plateau keys v open-hole keys
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5034
Re: Boehm Flute Question: Plateau keys v open-hole keys
I would concentrate less on plateau vs French keys and more on the lightness of the action. A very good action is a wonderful thing and facilitates more musicality than the sort of key you have. I prefer French keys for no reason than I learned to play with French keys much the same way I prefer an ...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:36 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Top-end Flutes?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21655
Re: Top-end Flutes?
however I would say there are differences in quality even if they become smaller and smaller towards the higher end. I think most here would agree, there is a much bigger difference between a Pakistani flute-shaped-object and a Copley than there is between a Copley and an Olwell! This is the eterna...
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 8:32 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Cheap non-Pakistani flutes on ebay
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5959
Re: Cheap non-Pakistani flutes on ebay
I would like to give a full throated recommendation for a Copley and Boegly Flute. I just purchased a delrin one with no rings new for 360 so that I could have a travel flute. It is quite uncomfortably close to as good as my Olwell given how little I paid for it and how much I paid for the Olwell. I...
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:43 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Slides on the Boehm flute?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3633
Re: Slides on the Boehm flute?
It's pretty hard to do even with french keys. slowly letting the key up is the best way I have found and I have french keys.
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:03 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: SOLD- FS CASEY BURNS Boxwood Folk Flute -SOLD
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2397
Re: FS CASEY BURNS Boxwood Folk Flute
What an outstanding price for a beautiful flute! I started out on a Burns Folk flute.
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:02 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: buying a low-priced Irish flute
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4066
Re: buying a low-priced Irish flute
I second the recommendation for a burns. There are other great flutes in that price range I'm sure but I've only got experience with the folk flute and I can tell you, it is a great instrument. I would still be playing mine quite happily if I hadn't gotten an Olwell.
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 6:36 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Dangling Left Thumb Exercise for Flute - Video demonstration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4027
Re: Dangling Left Thumb Exercise for Flute - Video demonstra
Being primarily a modern flute player, I was unaware of this style of hold. I have had trouble with left hand cramps. Thank you, I will try this. The "Rockstro Hold" is pretty long-term mainstream, Scott, though by no means the only method advocated within classical Böhm circles. For clar...
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Dangling Left Thumb Exercise for Flute - Video demonstration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4027
Re: Dangling Left Thumb Exercise for Flute - Video demonstra
Being primarily a modern flute player, I was unaware of this style of hold. I have had trouble with left hand cramps. Thank you, I will try this.
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:17 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Is your Susato mature now?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5629
Re: Is your Susato mature now?
I have heard those were a fair bit better than the injection molded ones that came later (maybe from you come to think of it.....) I've not had a chance to try though.pancelticpiper wrote:I have a very mature Susato, one of the original type, machined out of PVC stock, with a wooden plug.
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:04 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Has anyone seen, heard or played one of these?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4061
Re: Has anyone seen, heard or played one of these?
I can see stepping on it, It is almost certainly 3d printed. Which is really not the most effective way to do it, though it is neato. The best way would be an RTV Silicone mold and to cast in poly resin. If you can cut a chanter in half by splitting rather than sawing you can make two molds that are...
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:13 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: CP: Whorfin Woods January
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4721
Re: CP: Whorfin Woods January
By way of a plug, I bought #110 and it is precisely as advertised and lovely. I've been playing with it a week and a half now and taken it to 2 sessions. The volume is assertive but not overwhelming for a medium sized session. The sound is a nice happy medium between a really dirty trad sound and so...