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Let's be realistic though, THAT is not a repair he's going to be able to do at home without a lathe and some skills. I actually do have a lathe and have been taking the recorder-making course currently going on over at MIMS. I've got decent woodworking skills and have made a few whistles, though th...

Pelham, First of all, thank you so much for the detailed and thoughtful reply. I will definitely check out Terry McGee's site. Your reply enlightened me on a couple of different fronts. The first was the existence of a metal liner! I guess I didn't examine the flute closely enough yesterday. There i...

It looks like the flute is worth fixing up right. It is possible to replace the ivory insert in the Head. The foot keys C#/C are not necessary for Irish music. Jon, just to be clear, the link that I posted was not a picture of the flute I bought, it's just a similar flute. The main differences betw...

"Reasonably handy" covers a lot of ground. Know that amature crack repairs have killed or maimed many good flutes - these are generally left to the pros . Thanks for the response. The crack that worries me most is the one in the ivory/bone piece - it's pretty wide and goes right through t...

If its a good flute and you dont know what you are doing, then leave it to somebody who knows how to repair it, on the other hand if it is a piece of junk pretending to be a flute then go ahead and experiment with repairs etc. I don't know how good a flute it is, and won't know if it's a piece of j...

I just picked up an old (I don't know how old) flute at a flea market this morning. It's rosewood with what I think are nickel fittings and either ivory or bone in the head around the blowhole. It has no maker's marks or any marks that I could find. It looks a lot like the one in this picture: http:...

I'll check out the Chris Smith site and the book. Looks like exactly what I was looking for.

I would like to be able to play guitar (also piano) accompaniment for fiddle, whistle, etc., for home recording (i.e. to accompany myself) as well as for playing with a friend. Is there a good book that addresses this? I'm not as interested in using the guitar or piano as a solo instrument as just b...

Hi. I need to get a soprano recorder for my daughter to start using in 4th grade music class. I've heard this one is good: Zen-On Stanesby, Jr. soprano woodgrain or the Yamaha 300 series. If you have one of these you'd like to sell, or another good plastic soprano, let me know. Thanks! -Brett brett...

theres a few tull song i think would sound really good on whistle but i'm having trouble finding sheet musicthe song i would like most to try is bour'ee any suggestions? The original Bouree is in E-minor and (the head at least) works pretty well on a D whistle, except you need to half-hole the D-sh...

I've made a couple of whistles using these instructions and then also adapted them to copper pipe. I really like the idea of the block cover because it locates the bottom of the blade almost exactly at the same height as the top of the fipple block - something very difficult to achieve with PVC if y...

Actually, I have noticed that the D scale is exceptionally easy on the recorder. I have not been playing irish tunes on it, though, for fear of inciting the wrath of powers beyong my comprehension. :) Ah, maybe that's my problem! I've been wondering what's been causing me to lose my visual acuity a...

I was ordering some strings for my mandolin the other day, and I might have accidentally thrown a Yamaha 300B series soprano r*c*r*d*r in the shopping cart... :oops: After playing it a bit, I've decided that it's useful, but not very much fun. It will probably take me a while to really develop a fa...

Here is the whole thing. It's a little too breathy sounding and I can't adjust it out by moving the fipple. I think I may need to make a new fipple with a smaller wind channel. Also, I could fill in some of the excess space with sticky-tack. More on this later. I am open to suggestions. This is jus...

In an ill-advised attempt to reveal some of my more esoteric musical tastes, may I draw your attention to Rondellus - an Estonian early music group who decided to release a CD of Black Sabbath covers performed in a medieval stylee, and with lyrics translated into Latin. :twisted: http://www.sabbatu...