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- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Which flute keys are the best keys?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Which flute keys are the best keys?
I suggest all 8 keys, but for 95% Irish music you either 6 or 0 keys. For non-Irish, you probably want the full chromatic-cism. Reasons to desire certain keys: Eb - Necessary for accidental D#/Eb. Necessary for third register, and enhances the E note quite a bit. Most ITM players turn the key out an...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wood vs metal rings at flute joints
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1205
Re: Wood vs metal rings at flute joints
I think the wood trimmed flutes from Windward are particularly beautiful. Not to ignore the quality of the workmanship.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:54 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Rudall & Rose - No. 4958 on eBay
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Rudall & Rose - No. 4958 on eBay
Although I just bought this 1840s Rudall & Rose, I'm in need of cash for a new car, rather than spending to renovate it. Thus it goes back on the market. This is a large-holed, Patent head flute with nicholson type right hand section - eased finger holes and up-turned long F. All metal pieces in...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Does an easy-to-play flute lead to a lazy or poorly developed embouchure?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2668
Re: Does an easy-to-play flute lead to a lazy or poorly developed embouchure?
Wearing a Hair Shirt As someone who took a long time to build consistency and strength, I am sympathetic to the argument that an easier to play flute is more rewarding and enjoyable for a newcomer. I have had several 19th C flutes with "harder" embouchures, and I now absolutely love the t...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: A "project flute"....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 856
Re: A "project flute"....
These "folk" flutes were common, and are decent enough players, but a bit soft for a session. Intimate rather than boisterous. They play OK in the keys of D and G, but are difficult for any other sharp or flat keys. Not a concert flute like Terry's 8-key Greg Larsen style design; those are...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flattening the second octave
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3270
Re: Flattening the second octave
In answer to your question, my lip covers very very little of the blowhole itself. Just a millimeter or so. That sounds like very little coverage. I've heard 1/4 to 1/3 of the hole, but I'm not a teacher. If you cover too little, then you will definitely be sharp. You can adjust the cork, but now y...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flattening the second octave
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3270
Re: Flattening the second octave
I also had to work to avoid playing sharp. Jim's and Paddler's comments helped me a lot. One other question is: How much of the embouchure hole do your lips cover? In-person flute lessons once a month or even once per quarter are very helpful in speeding your learning and correction habits before th...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:29 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Anyone like the big round embouchure?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3417
Re: Anyone like the big round embouchure?
I have couple of questions: (1) Is it important for the embouchure shape/size to "match" or be "tuned" to the bore and/or flute hole size? One of the first things flute players do when they meet is to swap their flute heads, e.g. Olwell head on a small-bore R&R. (2) Is it be...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Anyone like the big round embouchure?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3417
Re: Anyone like the big round embouchure?
Jonathon/Paddler The Patent head flute has a tuning "knob" that is geared to move the "cork" in a pre-determined "optimal" way. If you want to change cork position to be different from the manufacturer's design, you would need to physically add or subtract length. There...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:37 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Anyone like the big round embouchure?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3417
Re: Anyone like the big round embouchure?
My Patent Head R&R #4676 is pretty much the same as Julien's at 11.5x10.9 (to the best of my gauge reading ability. I'm sure it is original, as the rest of the flute appears to have never been played. I'm wondering why you call this a "large" embouchure - not that I have a database of ...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:21 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wooden Boehm flutes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2558
Re: Wooden Boehm flutes
I understand the aesthetic desire to have a wooden flute, and this is not an impossible quest. The problem is that many if not most of the 19th Century Boehm flutes from England will be high-pitch, as in A450, which is half-way from D to Eb. And the good concert pitch flutes from the 20th Century mi...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Rudall Rose Carte #6264
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14075
Re: Rudall Rose Carte #6264
Congrats Jonathan on your purchase. After bidding up all those others , you deserve to get one for yourself.
It will be interesting to hear your assessment and comparison with the other 19th C flutes you have.
It will be interesting to hear your assessment and comparison with the other 19th C flutes you have.
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Rudall Rose Carte #6264
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14075
Re: Rudall Rose Carte #6264
Given the sales price plus $500 - $800 in repairs, and you are pretty much at $3,000. Great for a large-holed Rudall, but high for a small holed one. Personally, I don't think a renovated Rudall & Rose 8-key should be cheaper than a modern 6-key. All the Rudalls I've played have acceptable inton...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: The long foot c and c# keys
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9834
Re: The long foot c and c# keys
Adding a C foot adds considerably to the price, as that is a lot of extra work for the maker. Not to mention the wait time. You can get a great 19th C antique flute for much cheaper. $2,000 - $4,000. The lower price is available it the flute does not have the inscription "Rudall & Rose"...
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:32 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: What is an Irish Flute (4) - Hold/Grip and Keys
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11364
Re: What is an Irish Flute (4) - Hold/Grip and Keys
What Terry Says: And, having got to the right geometry, I don't find any need for holding the flute up - pinned between the chin, the LH 1 knuckle pushing it in, and the right thumb tip pushing it out, it can't possibly fall down! And the benefits are many: - the left thumb can wave around in the a...