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Maroof - Thanks, good to know he's alive and well but I don't use social apps., including Facebook!

Keith.

Is Jerry still around? I sent a banker's cheque for one of his whistles early January. It wasn't cashed, no whistle came, so the cheque was cancelled by the bank. No reply to my latest email!! Strange for him not to reply to emails as promptly as he usually does ...

Keith.

Thank you, folks. I finally got through to the new website. Looking good!

Best wishes

Keith.

Has anyone got any news of the Cronnollys of M and E flutes? They don't seem to have a functioning webpage any more. I'm interested in their 'new' RandR D five piece flute and what's so new about it ...

Best wishes,

Keith.

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The tuning's fine. Hole sizes are good for me. I particularly like no cork and the pull-through cleaning this facilitates as well as the short foot without those two useless hole appendices ... being able to keep the flute connected all the time without any effect on the sleek delrin body is a real ...

Wet fingers make my flutes slippery!

Big or small holes don't seem to make any difference.

Fortunately the problem doesn't arise often anyway.

Best,

Keith.

I have the same problem with the right hand fingers so raise my elbow. That works until next time when i forget to elbow up ...

Best wishes all,

Keith.

Shannon! However satisfying your playing gets on this thought-loaded, skilfully made, good looking, delrin flute you'll get better and better the more you play it. Embouchure, embouchure, embouchure!

Best wishes,

Keith.

Terry McGee wondered what RnR provenance I could give for MnE in a thread we were following, (the name of which I've forgoten). I couldn't find my note from one of the original web sites Mike Cronnolly had at that time, but have it now: Its the registration number 5047 of a flute in a Glasgow museum...

Isn't there a brass whistle that telescopes into itself and pops into a top pocket of a jacket (or has it gone the way of the 'jacket') ?

Best wishes,

Keith.

I've heard some nice samples on it but its tone, and because it doesn't seem an easy 'pick up and play' instrument compared to the whistle, people might be put off buying it despite it being fully chromatic and delivers sharps and flats ...

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Keith,

Well! I never guessed it was a modern ocarina. Pity about the distinctive ocarina sound and fingering compllcations.

Thanks,

Best wishes,

Keith.

Anyone tried the revolutionary, fully chromatic, all sharps and flats, Coda CDC palm size whistle?

Best wishes, Keith.

I just logged in on your Album reference and got through alright without Facebook.

Best wishes, Keith.