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Did anyone ever buy it, Gabriel?!

Using a smooth burnisher (or screwdriver shank), hold one end in the lathe chuck and burnish the outside with long strokes... Walt, thank you so much for this advice and the details. I've had burnishing demonstrated to me by Paul Windridge when making my first flute, to closely fit the two parts of...

Just something to think through, ideally before you end up with the mandrel stuck inside the tube! You could hammer it out, but since you'll need your arbour anyway, might as well have a second die that is just able to pass the mandrel though. It can catch and hold the leading end of the tubing as ...

Hi Terry, I read that with great interest – the cork lining idea is brilliant. I might try it one day! Yes, you're right about the convenient supply of tubing. I do come from Birmingham, England, where there's still a good manufacturing trade in materials, so I might have some luck, we'll see. I was...

G'day all Looking to start making my own tuning slides for simple system flutes. I have a rough *ahem* idea of a process: Start with bought pipe close in dimensions to the desired diameters and thickness Anneal it Solder a disk on one end Press it through a steel die with a mandrel inside the pipe W...

First post! I'm looking for a copy of Edward Kottick's Tone and Intonation on the Recorder , either in hardcopy or .pdf. Paul Sadowski at the original publisher, McGinnis & Marx, is no longer contactable, unfortunately. I've ordered the similar book by Adrian Brown, 'The Recorder: A Basic Worksh...