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Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:44 pm
by fatmac
Hi, I've just joined & would be interested to hear which type of flute you play.
I have a pre used Gemeinhardt flute & a pre used Yamaha piccolo that I need to get to know.
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:30 pm
by benhall.1
8-keyed, simple system, conical bore, wooden flute made in 1838.
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:17 pm
by fatmac
That's an old 'un, has it got any special history behind it?
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:21 pm
by benhall.1
fatmac wrote:That's an old 'un, has it got any special history behind it?
I really don't know. I bought it off eBay some years ago. It's a good one, plays beautifully and is in almost perfect condition. It's a Rudall and Rose. You'll find many people on this site with similar flutes, I should imagine.
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:42 pm
by awildman
I'm not much of a flute player. When I do, it's on a homemade PVC job. I'm more of a whistler/fiddler, and aspiring piper. Uilleann pipes are an amazing instrument but rather demanding.
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:51 pm
by Altazor
I have a doug tipple flute in pvc
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:12 am
by ScottMaurer
You can't limit yourself to just one.
I play:
A Jupiter dimedici Bohm flute
An Olwell pratten keyless
A delrin keyless Copley
And a 5 key Martin freres f flute
I love them all.
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:47 am
by Peter Duggan
Mainly Copley custom four-key Solomon Blackwood D and keyless Delrin D/Eb simple system.
Sometimes Trevor James (solid silver) or Pearl (silver plate) Boehm system or Vincent Bernolin resin A=415 baroque flute (Delusse with Palanca-style embouchure).
I've had others... notably a Rudall Carte cocus Boehm system I bought last year and sold shortly afterwards after deciding I didn't need it...
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:16 pm
by sfmans
Ormiston 4-key flute
Sweetheart D piccolo
I also have a Dixon plastic D piccolo which sits next to the computer ...
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:26 pm
by Gromit
Chris Wilkes - Cocus wood 8 key 1990
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:59 pm
by maestrosid
Olwell keyless blackwood D, no slide
Doyle blackwood with keys added by Maurice Reviol
Glen Watson blackwood
Solen Lesouef Eb in mopane
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:12 pm
by chas
Olwell all-wood rosewood, 6-key boxwood, and Rottehburgh (traverso)
Cameron Grenser (traverso)
Bleazey boxwood keyless
Copley polymer keyless
Aulos polymer Stanesby Jr (traverso)
The latter two are primarily for traveling.
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:54 am
by sarton
Nameless 9-keyed, simple system, conical bore, blackwood flute in C
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:43 am
by Peter Otto
Lejeune D (blackwood, 4 keys)
Lejeune keyless G (cocus wood)
Bernolin traverso (Rottenburg copy)
Weemaels traverso (Grenser copy)
Anonymous French 19th century flute (ebony, 5 keys)
Re: Which type of flute do you play.
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:49 am
by fatmac
This is turning out to be quite interesting, as a lot of the names I have never come across before.
Thanks for all your replies.