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- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Which flute keys are the best keys?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 572
Re: Which flute keys are the best keys?
I'll start with what I think is the most important reason to get at least a six key flute and that's resale value. If you're either selling the flute in the future, or looking to buy secondhand, there is a stronger market for six or eight keyed flutes than for flutes with fewer keys. Beyond that, &q...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wobbly embouchure due to sweating (and how to deal with it?)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 514
Re: Wobbly embouchure due to sweating (and how to deal with it?)
I don't have that problem but two possible solutions spring to mind. If you're a guy and don't have one already, maybe grow a beard for a less slippery contact point under your lip? Or at least a soul patch. :D I have a beard, not a very full one but maybe enough under my lower lip that I haven't ha...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wassup with connecting to C&F
- Replies: 13
- Views: 707
Re: Wassup with connecting to C&F
This site is a treasure, so another Woo-hoo!
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: A message from beyond the grave...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2647
Re: A message from beyond the grave...
I use “anti-” lubricant for tuning slide. You don’t want it to be free moving. You want it moveable but such that once you set in place it holds until or unless you move it. This kind of stuff: https://www.dawkes.co.uk/ultra-pure-heavy-tuning-slide-lube-slide-lubricants/12431 That's interesting, I ...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Weights Sticky
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3952
Re: Flute Weights Sticky
I'll play, hope I got the format right. My three contemporary maker flutes: Peter Noy - Nicholson model, block mounted 8-key, Silver tuning slide, fully lined head, Blackwood, 406 gms, Balance point +3mm. Thomas Aebi - Rudall model, block mounted 8 key, Silver tuning slide, fully lined head, Cocus w...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:28 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Amateur Maker - Progress?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6323
Re: Amateur Maker - Progress?
Great looking flute! About this part: "Next up… preparing a plating solution for nickel plated brass for tuning slide and rings." Some people have an allergic reaction to nickel. Maybe it's not a problem with the rings being so small, but something you might want to look into about skin co...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:34 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wooden Boehm flutes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2435
Re: Wooden Boehm flutes
Note that the Rudall Carte flute listed above is "High Pitch / A=452." You'd want to check with Blayne at the Irish Flute Store to see if there is enough slide extension to play in A=440, and if that alters the intonation too much.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:04 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wooden Boehm flutes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2435
Re: Wooden Boehm flutes
My $.02 and take it with a grain of salt because I'm not a Boehm flute player (although I did own one for a while in the distant past, a nice Gemeinhardt with open hole keys). It seems to me that a wooden Boehm flute from a modern maker would be more about visual aesthetics than anything else, and w...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:25 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Somers flute blows flat
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7183
Re: Somers flute blows flat
I don’t recall ever seeing someone playing any Olwell, or most other flutes for that matter, with the slide all the way in (not saying it doesn’t happen) FWIW, I have to play my Peter Noy flute with the slide all the way in before it warms up, and it's just barely at A440 even then. After it warms ...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Never trust a .....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4740
Re: Never trust a .....
Cool story! I've always wanted one of those Magnahelic gadgets to chase down the more subtle leakage problems now that all my flutes have keys. They're fairly expensive though. Hard to justify for the very few times they would prove useful if you're not running a woodwind repair business. One day I'...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: meaning of red, yellow, green colours in RTTA tuner app
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3945
Re: meaning of red, yellow, green colours in RTTA tuner app
The Android app I used before I was compelled (by family lock-in) to switch to an iPhone was called TTTuner. It has both a trial and full version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... cker&hl=en
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:32 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: meaning of red, yellow, green colours in RTTA tuner app
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3945
Re: meaning of red, yellow, green colours in RTTA tuner app
If we're talking about the same app I have - RTTATuner on the iPhone -- my app is set to Yellow Level 7 and Red Level 15, which must be the default because I haven't changed it. Green would be anything under the Yellow setting. I have read that somewhere around 5-6 cents is where most people can sta...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:51 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: The long foot c and c# keys
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5823
Re: The long foot c and c# keys
My Thomas Aebi and Peter Noy flutes have the foot C and C# keys. I believe Terry McGee also offers foot keys.
Between the two, I prefer the Noy flute's more modern cup + pad design over the Aebi's traditional 19th Century pewter cup design. It just seals better with fewer complications.
Between the two, I prefer the Noy flute's more modern cup + pad design over the Aebi's traditional 19th Century pewter cup design. It just seals better with fewer complications.
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 7:42 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: What is an Irish Flute (4) - Hold/Grip and Keys
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7386
Re: What is an Irish Flute (4) - Hold/Grip and Keys
Keep in mind that Rockstro is just one method of holding the flute. Not everyone prefers it; I certainly don't. Its main (arguable) benefit is that it supposedly makes it slightly easier to use the D sharp key without losing grip on the flute. There is another benefit, the one that finally convince...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:33 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Moisture
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6930
Re: Flute Moisture
I'd just like to back up Jim's point above, that moisture buildup isn't uncommon and there are ways to deal with it. It's just a part of flute playing. I see small beads of condensation on the metal-lined bore of my headjoint after the first few tunes in a practice session. That alone doesn't cause ...