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- Tue May 21, 2024 12:30 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Pocketable Whistle Suggestions?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 706
Re: Pocketable Whistle Suggestions?
I made myself a collapsible/telescoping whistle, for no real reason other than to see if such a thing could work. And it did. It comes apart into 4 pieces - a plastic head probably from a Soodlums or similar, 96mm of 14.4mm OD brass (which nicely fits the head), 80mm of the next size tubing down (LH...
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flutes in Camden Market, London 80/90's's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 960
Re: Flutes in Camden Market, London 80/90's's
Indeed. From the Irish word Súgán meaning straw I believe. The straw was twisted by hand into a rope, and the rope interwoven into the chair's wooden frame to form a seat. The pub featured such homely furniture. We had some good nights there, where you'd find a different set of musicians than freque...
- Thu May 02, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flutes in Camden Market, London 80/90's's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 960
Re: Flutes in Camden Market, London 80/90's's
The only other name that sprang to my mind was Tony Bingham, but by that time he was safely ensconced in Poland St, "At the Sign of the Serpent". I bought a flute from him at that location in 1974. Before then, I had had a promising career in research electronics ahead of me. By the middle...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:32 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Re: Globulisation!
And a reminder, before we get to smug about our nice blackwood or boxwood flutes that no flute is 100% safe from the ravages of moisture. (Well, maybe Delrin, but I haven't confirmed that!) So, worthwhile to examine your bore from time to time, and see how it's going. It should generally remain shin...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Re: Globulisation!
Some time has elapsed (almost a month - it seems much more!) since our last words on this topic. I thought I should round it out rather than leave it up in the air! We'd got to the point that I'd done a lot of sanding and polishing of the bore, and given the flute two coats of drying oil. Discussion...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:52 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1072
Re: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
... the term "reedless aerophones" includes the flute family and excludes every instrument I wanted to exclude. Now there is an old line of argument that says the flute family must have a reed or it wouldn't work, and so they came up with the "air reed" or "air blade" ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1072
Re: was there ever any attempts to make a flute with valves?
I can't bring to mind any attempt to use valves on flutes in the way brass use valves - to increase or decrease the length of tubing in use. Interestingly, Potter used the term "valve" for what we call pewter plug keys. Here's an augmented extract from his 1785 Patent document: The Valves ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:39 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Silver rings falling off
- Replies: 2
- Views: 708
Re: Silver rings falling off
I don't think it will do any harm, Andro. I'd give preference to a superglue with a resilient filler, such as Selley's Power Grip. Or search C&F for "the old handkerchief trick". But, consider this. The dry weather is shrinking the wood causing the rings to loosen and fall off. But the...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:33 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Re: Globulisation!
I've seen and heard reports of makers who saturate their newly made flutes in none drying oils, and even some who have tried using vacuum infusion to force oil into the wood. I even thought about trying that myself at once stage, but then decided that it would probably be a bad idea because with sh...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Re: Globulisation!
I don't think it's moisture. It looks pretty clear (as much as you can tell - it's only weeping) and it feels a bit sticky, even after wiping off and leaving the flute out of the sun for a day or so more. So, I'm guessing it's remnant almond oil. I can't think of any way to test the theory. I did wo...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Re: Globulisation!
Oooh, interesting. You'll remember the weeping, which I reported as coming from the quarter-sawn planes of the flute tubes. I rationalised that as being the more readily mobile planes for liquids to pass through. This morning the flute is back in the sun, and weeping is again noticeable, but now its...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wood vs metal rings at flute joints
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1246
Re: Wood vs metal rings at flute joints
When I did metal rings, I had to make seven of them in various sizes for a single flute, and it dawned on me at some point that I was spending as much time manufacturing the rings as I was spending on the rest of the flute! Heh heh, I remember years back coming to a conclusion like that. At that ti...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:44 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Re: Globulisation!
Very interesting, Paddler, and makes perfect sense. Ironic that to become a useful lattice for the Cactus Juice, the timber had to be really open grained. So the flute I'm working with probably lies halfway between the premium woods such as Blackwood, and the more open timber such as you mention wor...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Re: Globulisation!
We have certainly had a bit of a run of timber and oil issues lately! And I am expecting more as the planet warms and wooden flutes dry out more. Flutes made in England used to crack when taken to the US, Australia and India. Then of course they invented central heating, and the flutes started to cr...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Globulisation!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
Globulisation!
We’re often warned about “the dangers of Globalisation”. I’m writing on a much scarier concern, the danger of Globulisation. I was contacted by the overseas owner of a flute that was behaving badly. It’s a modern flute, but not one of mine. It’s a simple style flute, conical, with no tuning slide or...