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Hi every one, I'm a French Irish musician and Irish tin whistle maker. I use to make whistles under the name OB Whistles. They were made of brass and hard wood and some entirely of hard wood. I am planning a trip to the United States this fall, and I'd like to show my instruments in festivals. Prefe...

This tunes was composed by the Crickard brothers, two fiddlers from Antrim who were busking in Paris in the eighties - they've recorded there an album name Dalriada : musique traditionnelle d'Irlande with this tune where Mark played a bamboo flute and Philipp the fiddle. It was with them I began to ...

http://www.atelierdelutherie.info/?Irish-Flutes&lang=en
http://www.atelierdelutherie.info/?Pric ... 35&lang=en

Solen Lesouef in Brittany makes very loud wooden whistles

Hi,
I play on a François's flute D Blackwood and keyless.
I'm very satisfied a strong low register and a high register rich in harmonics

Olivier

Hi everyone, I like particuliarly the polka set played by Verena Commins And Julie Langan in CD Fonnchaoi (http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/44) the first is named Mimi and the new generation. I take pleasure to play Din Tarrent's and West Kerry polka of CD It's no Secret of Hammy Hamilto...

Martin Doyle make flute in yew too.(http://www.martindoyleflutes.com/music.html)
Played by Desi Wilkinson who's still alive!

Olivier

Hi Free Feet,
I believed yew wood toxic. Does the wood had a treatment ?

the whistle is very beautiful, does it sound like the other Bleazeys ?

regards

Olivier

Hi folks,
look at this :
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =355896500
for baroque,

and this for the crested hens :

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/562

Olivier

all my thoughts friendly for you

Olivier

I am hoping to sell to people who have had experience(s) in trusting my reviews.


… and we have to admit that and expert advice is more useful than a (unperfect) recording. It's a question of trust.

Olivier

Hi Jessie,
I imagine your house as beautiful as your collection. I regret to not live in USA.
Olivier

Hi every one
Beautiful version Wanderer
Crested Hens is a french bourrée composed by Gille chabenat :
http://www.MySpace.com/GillesChabenat

Olivier

I had a workshop with him in November. He had a Stéphane Morvan
http://www.skopavel.com/
Currently a very highly regarded maker in France.

Olivier

Hi ayreforce pyper,
This is two links in french :
http://fluteirlandaise.free.fr/indexter.html
http://www.flute-a-bec.com/

I hope it will be usefull.

Olivier

hi !
This is a very big file :

http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/Irland ... _Irish.zip
containing 12,000 irish tunes

Olivier