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That's helpful. I was thinking toward the lower end of that range.

Hello. I've been playing a Daye half set since 2005 but may need to sell it to send my kid to college. It's in D. Chanter has a C-natural key on the back. Vinyl bag, no leaks. I have three reeds with it, all made by Mr. Daye. I'm not at all sure what it would sell for, which is why I am not sure if ...

Anyone recommend for or against this model?

There is a Burke Low F on eBay. Anyone have recommendations about these?

I have been playing only a few months but settled on piper's grip (I already knew pipes anyway) but with the upper joint (i.e. left hand holes) of the flute rolled forward about 20 degrees. Somehow it is much easier, since the left thumb can now support the instrument better. I know almost nothing a...

The End of the Tale:

I ordered the blackwood.

Thanks, folks. The Chiffers come through again!

Hot car = worst enemy of all instruments. I could ruin all my stuff in one day: melt the accordion reed settings, warp the banjo neck, crack the pipe reeds...I hope I have not given my enemies any ideas.

Thanks to all. This gives me courage.

What about weather swings? I live in the blessed Midwest and we get temperatures from -20 to +100 F, and humidity from 0% to 100%. And all in the same afternoon, sitting under the same tree.

I have a chance to get a Copley and Boegli in delrin or blackwood.

I am prepared to be very nice to the flute, not leave it in hot cars, feed it yummy oil, etc, but do not want to worry constantly about the wood.

Is the supposed benefit of wood enough to offset the extra care?

What say all of ye?

It doesn't matter which way the reed sits in the chanter. The air goes through it the same no matter what. The idea of squeezing my bladder with my left arm is...troubling. Pipers call it the bag. Don't say bladder or mothers will pull their children away from you and avoid eye contact. The bag need...

Don't bother with cheapo boxes from China. Go straight for a good box and you'll be glad. Castagnari, Saltarelle, Cairdin, etc.

Precisely. The brake is for rests, fermatas, ritardandi...

The clutch is, I suppose, for indecision and memory mistakes.

Although the three pedals on the piano are not vestigial, many students don't know what the left two are for (the right is, of course, the damper).

So I tell them the right pedal is the gas, the middle is the brake, and the left is the clutch.

The jury is in: Mr. DeKeyzer Himself has confirmed that he made that flute.

The confusion lies (perhaps) in the fact that there is a Pakistani flute of almost identical appearance sold under the name Glenluce. You can see it and a DeKeyzer on the same web page over at Hobgoblin.