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It is my understanding that Chris Norman has been working under Rod Cameron and has (or is perhaps in the process of) taking over his flute making.

Clinton

I received an email from Yola and Forbes about two weeks ago. I have always found their communication to be exemplary.

Regards,

Clinton

I grew up with dots playing various instruments, mostly classical and in band. I find it easy enough to play something by ear that I know really well, but I find it really tough to learn a song line by line from ear on the fly. For the most part, I deliberately avoid dots for learning ITM now, thoug...

Interesting, Clinton. So do you played keyed flutes anymore? And when you say you prefer the traverso, are you including your one-keyed Windward in that category? At present I have a one key Beaudin "Modern Traverso" in A=392, and the aforementioned one key Windward. No other keyed flutes...

Several years ago I had Yola and Forbes make me an Eb footjoint for my Windward Pratten. I can (with a bit of practice) make the flute fully chromatic up to the third octave A. The added venting of the Eb really helps with some of the notes. I mostly use a combination of "standard" simple ...

Exactly what I am looking for. Thank you!

Regards,

Clinton

Hi all,

I am wondering if there are any good DVDs and/or book/DVD combinations on backing ITM with a guitar? Hopefully something that is beyond "this is a C chord" level, and more into appropriate chord voicing choices and rhythms etc.

Regards,

Clinton

I have wondered if castable neoprene would work. It comes in different densities/hardness and can be cast into plaster of Paris molds. I would think that a threaded post, perhaps with a disc base, could be cast into it to fix through the key mount. http://www.chicagolatexproducts.com/ Neoprene can a...

Hi Keith, It sounds like you managed to get yourself a great session flute there! You might want to explore some typical traverso cross fingerings for some of the accidentials. A few thoughts: For the slightly flat F#, are you playing it with the Eb key depressed? As this is a classical era flute, i...

Did you end up getting the 392 hz or 440 hz one? I ended up with a 392 hz that is absolutely lovely and rich (and loud and soft and complex and delicate and...) but am somewhat regretting not having one at 440 as well. After playing my Beaudin, my Windward Pratten sounds thin and anemic for a few mi...

Something a bit different to consider would be the "modern traverso" made by Jean-Francois Beaudin. Two thumbs up to JFBs Modern Traverso. He let me try out a 392 Hz one last fall, and it was all I could do to pack it up and send it back. I ended up sending it back with a deposit on a new...

A few of the more well known specialty traverso makers are: Simon Polak, Alain Weemaels, Martin Wenner, Jean-Francois Beaudin, Rod Cameron, Folkers and Powell (now retired), jan De Winne, Boaz Berney, Claire Soubeyran... This is an extremely incomplete list. Most of these makers have models in the $...

I was the former owner of this flute. Lets just say that If I had the free $$$s, I would buy it back right now. It has a great tone, and was a pretty nice player when it went to Othannen, and I understand he addressed a couple of leakage issues that should make it even better.

Clinton

It has been moving west. It was listed on Ebay last April, but was in Ontario at the time, I believe. The price has come down a bit...

Clinton

I have a lovely A:415 Simon Polak boxwood Beukers that is looking for a good home. This is a great playing traverso with a delicate, yet rich tone and easy to live with intonation, especially for a period instrument. Unlike many boxwood instruments, this one is dead-straight when assembled. I unders...