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I've been playing one of Doug Tipple's flutes for several years, and I am managing to do OK for my needs without a teacher so far. My problem about teachers is distance: a trip to the nearest teacher is about a 90 mile round trip. Would getting a teacher help me with timing, phrasing, ornamentation,...

What tool can I use to straighten the sound blade? It's in an awkward position as it is without removing the wooden plug to get some moe room, I think. Of course, I'm probably going about it all wrong, but I could use some pointers.

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Pfreddee(Stephen)

Save money and stomp your feet?

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Pfreddee(Stephen)

I can now play it without too many squeaks and hoots. It's taken about a month or more to get used to the finger spread and blowing requirements, and if I go back to a D whistle, I just about have to start all over again. But it's a fun whistle none the less. Just in case anyone was interested. With...

Thank you to all who replied. I got the information I needed.

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Pfreddee(Stephen)

I have one of Doug Tipple's flutes and I've pretty well gotten used to the finger spread. I am curious, though, if I were to order a Pratten-style flute, how would the finger spread compare to my flute: greater spread, lesser spread, somewhere in-between? Thank you to all who reply. With best regard...

I'm saving up to get a Casey Burns Standard flute in boxwood. What advantages, if any, are there in having the head joint lined? I'm very careful with my instruments, if that would make any difference.

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Pfreddee(Stephen)

It's a whole other instrument. I am having to relearn how to cover the holes and how little air it needs (at least to me) to make a halfway reasonable sound. I have slowed down considerably just to be able to get a sound out of it that's close to what I think it should be. I'm not sure if this whist...

My mistake on the description of the problem. I'm working hard on getting a good seal on all of the holes. Some are easier than others...

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PFreddee(Stephen)

What do I mean by intonation? It squeaks and some of the notes (the bottom Bb especially) sound thin unless I hit the hole exactly so with my finger. I have already gotten some good (to my ear) sounds out of it in the short time I've played it, so I have hopes that it will settle down. With best reg...

I just got it in the mail from The Whistle Shop. I like the tone; I'm having to adjust my technique (such as it is) for playing it, as it takes a different approach from the D and C Clarke Originals. There are some faults in the intonation and some of the notes are wonky as I play, but I think I wil...

I'm thinking about buying a lower-pitched whistle for playing by myself. I have a Clarke C which is what I started whistle with, and I really like the lower pitch; it's more soothing than the D model. I have been playing a D whistle for years, on the off-chance that I'll find a session that's conven...

I play Highland pipes, and i use the sheet music to help me learn an unfamiliar tune, backed up by hearing the tune many, many times. I've been playing pipes for 25+ years, and I'm a pretty good street band piper. I play all of the instruments mentioned for my own amusement (Sometimes I'm the only o...

...I have to hear it to be able to play it! I can read sheet music for my pipes and guitar but not for my whistle. How odd is that?! :shock: I've tried and tried to use written music to learn whistle tunes but it just won't work for me. So I suppose I will need to start laying in a real collection o...

And some of us Highland pipers use toilet bowl wax to grease tenons and hemp. A single ring of the stuff lasts halfway to forever.

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Pfreddee(Stephen)