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Your first 'port-of-call' should be here: http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/flutelengths.htm This is a discussion of 'flute-sounding length'. You are in luck insofar as having the ability to measure the length from the C# hole (first hole, left hand section) to the Eb hole at the foot. This will be the as...

I concur! Outstanding!

Bob

I think when you look to the employment of all manner of musical instruments (and noisemakers) in England you would do well to look at the Busking and Clogging traditions. On the street corner, you would go with what you had, to harvest a farthing or two. Robert Clarke is thought to have got his sta...

Thank you Mr G. I recalled you posting a pictures of some of your Mathieu collection.

Bob

It appears to have the Bec(beak) of a flageolet, but does not appear to finger like a flageolet, rather like a whistle. No apparent thumbhole.

What say you, Mr. G.?

Bob

I dunno, Rory. When I first was learning I wasn't surrounded by skilled reed makers, so there was a lot of tape employed as an ad hoc tuning methed. I've never played piob mhor so I don't know if that's the same for them.

Bob

Works for me. Currently in SoCal.
Bob

There is this discussion back in 2007.viewtopic.php?p=713987
Bill Hanemann posts here occassionally, and is a current pipemaker. Michael Loos also still was posting this year.

Good luck,
Bob

Mmmm, and I was thinking the Moon has more of an effect on tides than Seasons.. . .

By the bye, my basmati-Italian tells me that picture was taken near the Black (Raven) Cat Village. Hmm

Bob

I suggest you look here: http://hammy-flutemaker.blogspot.com/2020/11/embouchures-again-cast-embouchure.html This is a discussion about the difficulties of making flute tone-holes (embouchures) well by a world re-nowned flute maker. There are several links and references in the posting as well. One ...

Terry, cork grease sounds good, and is no doubt very mainstream. However, it is ever so slightly volatile and will, over time, dissipate, eventually calling for another schmeer. It also will attract dust and grime. Plumbers now have PTFE (teflon) grease which will not dissipate nor attract grime. Ce...

Sirchronique said ¨ I recently saw a video where someone said that wrapping metal wire around the outside of the top of the tube makes the sound better. (Spoiler: It doesn’t, and that is ridiculous)¨ True enough, such a binding will have little or no acoustic effect. However, binding with wire, or e...

Nano said ¨Now marmite, that´s vile¨. Not so! Bearing in mind the original meaning in French is a large soup-pot suitable to make slow cooked soups and stews, such as the famed french onion soup. A dear friend owns and operates a restaurant named ´Marmite´, a remarkable Bistro. It derives its name f...

Peter Falk´s book Just One More Thing: Stories from My Life is highly entertaining. He lost his eye to cancer at 3 years old. Once, playing Little League Baseball, he was called ´Out´. Disagreeing with the umpire, thinking he was ´Safe´, he handed his glass eye to the umpire saying: ¨Here, you need ...

Oh, there´s just one more thing. . .

In the UK, google tells me there is a brand, Barr´s with Cream Soda on offer. Naturally, Schweppe´s as well. A US brand, Ben Shaws, is available at The British Cornershop (online).

Bob