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For Sale: Italian cane double whistle. A= 440 Hz. This double whistle is organized like an Italian traditional bagpipe. Right whistle: D (all the holes open) - C - B - A - G Left whistle: D (all the holes open) - C - B - A - G - F# https://www.mercatinomusicale.com/mm/a_flauto-doppio-tradizionale-in...

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I'm selling a delrin keyless R&R flute by Vincenzo de Mauro built in 2014.

I'm from Roma. The instrument is practically brand-new. 400 euros, tractable price.

https://www.mercatinomusicale.com/mm/a_ ... 02150.html

I'm selling this wonderful flute made by Vincenzo di Mauro in 2014.
It's in excellent conditions, I have to sell it because I need money for a keyed flute.

https://www.subito.it/strumenti-musical ... &spoint=ar

Antique fourth flutes (G) do exist. I've seen ones by Firth and Pond, J. Haynes, and William Prowse. They are listed in some old flute catalogs. I believe Jem has one by Beckett??? Nowhere near as common as F (third) flutes, though. Tom Abei is making a G flute he calls a bass piccolo. He is doing ...

Having to play, with my band, pieces that are in A minor and C major, impossible scales for my keyless D flute, i'm thinking to purchase a flute in high G, also because my D flute (a polymer R&R) it's too quiet to play outdoor. To play traditional italian music (i mostly play this kind of music ...

They work for me - your embouchure, instrument, and breath pressure may vary, but of the two I gave the first gives a strong solid first octave C nat, whereas the second is slightly sharp but usable for passing notes in runs. 2nd octave I'd use the first fingering or half-cover the top hole, depend...

sfmans wrote: Try 0X0 0XX or 0X0 0X0

But do this fingerings work also in the first octave?

a technical question:
is it possible to obtain a good Cnat on an aluminium Angus fife in D with this fingering:
OXXOOO
or a Bb on a C fife?

If it isn't possible, what's the best fingering for the Cnat/Bb?

I recently got several one-piece aluminum fifes/flutes from Angus Fifes, including his smallest (Eb) and almost his largest (low D). They are strikingly easy to play, right in tune, and don't need breaking in. They are also quite loud compared to my other instruments, which might or might not be wh...

I had the same problem one month ago, you have two options: - To make a new cork, but you have to be a bit skilled with knife and sandpaper. I suggest you not to use the cork of a wine bottle, but possibly to buy new unused corks. Here in Italy, forexample, I can buy, for less than 5 Euros, a packag...

Looks like one heckuva party :party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oX_0A4Dx8 Bob I read that they have this fifes and drums band since 1808, they started to play under the napoleonic (so french) influence. Also in other towns of the Northern Italy there are F&D bands, but they are more rece...

Ruffin Laurent; FABRICANT DE FIFRES: http://www.fifre.sitew.com/#presentation.A . His personal collection (third section of the page) shows an Italian fife in Olive wood. . .but sadly in Do . Bob This italian fife comes from Ivrea (not far from Turin). I discovered only yesyerday that in Ivrea they...

Memling: http://www.galoubets.com/gaccueil.htm . Both wood and PVC. Bob Great! It's what i'm looking for: a fife made to play mainly dance tunes, (and the prices are affordable). I have to write to this frenche maker. -------------------------- A question: is it easy to play a good (or a not very b...

Thanks an seanduine for the suggestion. I didn't know this festival. Just curious what type of music will you play? Do you want a fife mainly for upper two octave playing or would a piccolo suit better? Jem's PVC piccolos are excellent by the way and cheap. I've misplaced mine but I keep hoping it w...