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Love the hard black bark of a smoking Pratten. Nothing in my life has ever been as satisfying as finding that beautiful reedy sound (eventually). It's not something that you keep easily either - two days of no practise and things are not right. I like that too - the fact that you have to stay dedica...

windsor is good - got family there

my greatest fear is being in some kind of accident where I lose a finger - as a flute player even the thought of it gives me the willies

I was reading this thread with much interest and felt moved to add some thoughts - I play the flute and chose my maker not for ethnicity but for ability - The man who made my instrument could have come from mars for all I care. All I wanted was a dependable tool that did the job - which I got-now th...

Damn crazy yanks

nope- you'd have an ocharina

how many of you are in Ontario? Any of you fancy meeting up in a mutually agreeable place at a mutually agreeable time and date for tunes, beer and tall tales? You know it makes sense - hell we could even camp and have a barbeque!!

so- is it a bit of a dog or not - tell us please!!

very tasty!

I find some good old fashioned face pulling quite good to get my embouchure going well - that's what I tell my wife it's for anyway!

A friend of mine used his mini dv cam to record me - he wanted some practise recording sound and when I watched the resulting footage I realised that all the mistakes that I was aware of were very difficult to pick up and my friend said ' what mistakes' . I know I've got a long long way to go but th...

Here's my D. Allen eight key- not trad looking but a real beast of a session cannon. Keys are hand forged By Dominic and if you want he'll gold plate them (I went for it and love the way it looks)

I'm with you - they are tools but like you say Byron, one can find a flute that suits you pefectly. When you're romping through a set and doing the business it's down to how much work you put in and nothing else. That said, a well made flute is a joy to play

Can anyone tell me how to get my flute picture onto the forum - any help gladly accepted- thanks

Tool or something a bit more special - where do you stand?