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Dedicated to one of my Chiffy friends that I have known for so many years. Sharing a memory--it might seem an odd time, but you don't always get to pick your times when these kinds of memories hit. Just surfing around, I came across a photo of this crazy huge art set--looks like maybe 500 pieces or ...

Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, and a happy and safe holiday season to you and your families.

--James

Some of my most vivid memories are sounds. Perhaps my brain fools me, but it seems to me that I often recall sound more accurately than visuals--though of course there are notable exceptions. <smile> When I was a child, the world was full of sounds. Often the first sound I'd hear was the hiss-hisss-...

The Aulos is a wonderful recorder--I have soprano and alto.

That said, if you want an instrument just because it's "neat," I don't see a downside. Grab it!


--James

Now that I've had more time to play with it, I will say that of the three plastic "historic copy" recorders that I have, the Yamaha is the one I would perform in public with, even though they are all very nice instruments. The reason is simply that the Yamaha can get "wet" and co...

As coincidence would have it, a Yamaha 312b III that I ordered a bit ago arrived today. It's a very nice recorder!--plays a great deal like my old pallisander Adege alto (after Terton) that I used to play in college with the NLU Monroe Consort. It is a bit more of a "polite" recorder than ...

Contact information for Yamaha, woodwind division:

Phone – 714-522-9011
Fax – 714-522-9475


Should you decide to try, good luck!

--James

It might be worth contacting Yamaha--I suspect they might replace the recorder.

--James

Here is Folker and Powell's fingering chart for Baroque flute after Grenser:

http://www.baroqueflute.com/models/Grenser.pdf

Forgive me if this was already included...didn't see it if so.

Including for odd folks like myself that mess around with playing traverso from time to time.


--James

I have both the Aulos alto after Haka and the Zen-On alto after Bressan. I found both of these instruments to be capable recorders. Of the two, the Zen-On has the tighter voicing but also has a bit of an "edgy" sound that, while pretty accurate historically, some players may not care for. ...

Hang on to that vinyl collection--not only did some audiophiles never let them go, they appear to be making a bit of a come-back.

I am seeing turntable in regular advertising again. In 2015--who'da thunk it?


--James

Found a flute -- thanks. This should be considered complete.

Thanks everyone.

Have found a flute -- thanks.

Congratulations! That is an awesome achievement!

Update:

The sessions listed above no longer exist.

Little Rock now has a weekly Sunday session at 2:30 pm at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N Rodney Parham Rd.

In addition, there are usually a couple of house sessions per month--please PM if you are interested in attending one of those.

--James