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- Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:14 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Best Beginner's Flute
- Replies: 84
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Re: Best Beginner's Flute
I think she's going for an ME delrin because of what she can afford. She placed a WTB for a Copley here but no takers so far. I'm hoping whatever she gets will be playable and have decent intonation. I also like the tuning slide because she has friends she wants to play with soon. If she gets hooked...
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:43 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Best Beginner's Flute
- Replies: 84
- Views: 23479
Re: Best Beginner's Flute
I had no idea this query would result in 5 pages. I hope this thread is useful to other people starting down the road of trad flute in making informed choices. Thanks again everyone for such a good discussion.
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Best Beginner's Flute
- Replies: 84
- Views: 23479
Re: Best Beginner's Flute
Thanks everyone for putting in your 2¢... I was enquiring on behalf of a flute student that needed an instrument appropriate for trad and, because I haven't been in the market for a starter flute for around 30 years, I thought this would help her make an informed decision. I have played a Ruddall &a...
- Wed May 29, 2013 1:29 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Michael Grinter Flute,
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8887
Re: Michael Grinter Flute,
I bought one of Michael's early flutes in 2000, but I happened to own the same R&R Wylde that he used as his prototype... so I was already used to it. As many have said here, it requires a focused embouchure and not a lot of pressure. That's easier said than done of course, and it's counterintui...
- Wed May 29, 2013 12:54 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Best Beginner's Flute
- Replies: 84
- Views: 23479
Best Beginner's Flute
What's the consensus on the best flute for a beginner in the $400 range?
- Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:55 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Insurance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1065
Re: Flute Insurance
Thanks, Rob...so I guess that would be considered replacement value? I'm wondering are they selling for more than that second hand or not.
- Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:25 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Insurance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1065
Flute Insurance
We have had a couple of instrument in my circle of friends and I'm thinking of insuring my flute, but I'm not sure what it's value is to the rest of the world right now. It's a fully keyed Grinter made in 2000. Does anyone have an idea?
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:51 pm
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Fleadh 2009 - Tullamore
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3533
Re: Fleadh 2009 - Tullamore
Yaaaaay!!!Patrick D'Arcy wrote:Just heard Joey Abarta won 2nd place in senior uilleann piping.
FAIR PLAY TO YOU JOEY! WOO HOO!
Patrick.
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:29 am
- Forum: Uilleann Pipe forum
- Topic: Eoin O' Riabhaigh, Hammy Hamilton, SF 11/4 -10
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1103
Hammy Hamilton (flute player, flute maker, singer, etc.) is in town this week with Eoin O’Riabhaigh (piper). They are playing at the Plough in S.F. tomorrow (Tuesday), for the dancing on Thursday, and hosting the session on Sunday. In addition, they are each leading a workshop on Saturday during the...
- Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:44 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Peter Horan/Fred Finn question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 712
I saw Peter's old flute back in 1996 at Teach Murray's pub in Gurteen and it was just a concert pitched 19th century flute. Those flutes can play pretty near Eb when pushed all the way in. It's possible he did this and Fred tuned up to him. He was playing fiddle mostly in those days it seemed. I ask...
- Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:57 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Jack Gilder "Garden of Butterflies" Jodies Heaven
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1471
Re: Jack Gilder "Garden of Butterflies" Jodies Hea
Anyone know what kinda flute he's playing? Thanks, J. Hi, sorry for getting to this so late. I do play a Grinter now, but I wasn't at the time I made that recording. It so happens that the flute I was playing was the exact model and maker that Grinter based his design on. It's a Ruddal & Rose m...
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:45 pm
- Forum: Free Reed Instruments: Squeezeboxes and Harmonicas.
- Topic: Pictures of your Box
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12655
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:47 pm
- Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
- Topic: Noel Hill and Tony Linnane : a great blast from the past.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2773
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:44 pm
- Forum: Free Reed Instruments: Squeezeboxes and Harmonicas.
- Topic: CTMS Summer Solstice Festival concertina workshops/sessions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7544
I thanked them all for participating in my class and I told them that together we have demonstrated a very important and interesting aspect about the concertina: no matter how many instruments are playing -- you can still hear the damned thing. Slight correction needed here, I think: No matter how ...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:03 am
- Forum: Free Reed Instruments: Squeezeboxes and Harmonicas.
- Topic: CTMS Summer Solstice Festival concertina workshops/sessions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7544
I offer a concertina workshop daily at the Lark in the Morning camp in Mendocino, CA. I used to get more students until Noel Hill started having his summer schools. Most people that play concertina save up their money and attend his classes every year. I still get 3 or 4 students at Lark Camp, and I...