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Interesting connection of the chanter...

Best wishes.

Steve

An initial starting point are those of Dave Copley. For under $400 you can get a very nice instrument. Good intonation, solid construction, from a very reputable maker. His flute catalog is at www.copleyflutes.com/catalog.html Caveat: I have been a happy customer of Mr. Copley but have no other rela...

The 2024 Pipers Gathering will take place in Litchfield, CT on August 9–11. Flute instructor will be Lesl Harker. And for the multi-instrumentalists, Colleen Shanks and Chris Gray on Uilleann pipes with Heather McLeod and Chris Gray on whistle. Bruce Childress will be there as a vendor and Andy May ...

hammerwoman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:06 pm I’ll PM you. . .

And FWIW, Florida has already banned my life. And me.

Responded to the PM. And congrats on your relationship with Florida.

Best wishes.

Steve

And I have a blackwood (not Delrin/other "plastic" but still nice) piccolo from Terry McGee that I would part with, should that be of any interest. Jem's pics were quite nice but I think he did those for school programs or something on that order and stopped making them after the program e...

Thanks very much to whomever managed to get the forum back up and running. Much appreciated.

Not to be too pushy, but perhaps a better contact for the Administrator might be in order.

Best wishes.

Steve

Over the past few days I've had a lot of difficulty connecting with any part of C&F. And when I can connect, I can't move to any other page in the forum. I keep getting the following error message: "SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] MySQL server has gone away [2006] An SQL error occurred while fetching ...

Does it work out to be cheaper to hand carry the instrument to the destination — plus getting a short vacation in the mix?

Just curious.

Steve

There were a number of NY makers back in the day (Reilly, Firth, Hall, Pond and their various linkages) that made flutes with a general similarity. There are also contemporary makers who begin their designs with these makers ( e.g. Paddler on this forum). And from time to time, antique flutes by the...

You could try to send a PM through this group. Link is on Spittle's page at https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/membe ... ile&u=2200 Looks like he hasn't been active here since 2017, but worth a try at least.

Best wishes.

Steve

Sounds like you might benefit from some time with a flute instructor who could assess your issue and see what possibilities there are for getting a solid hold on the flute as well as allowing fingering. Doubt that it would matter whether the instructor was an Irish flute player or a Boehm/concert fl...

No real tricks to fix intonation, just practice, preferably with a good strobe tuner. Another option to the tuner is to play against a set of drones. There are several web sites available that provide constant drones. This allows you to adjust your embouchure to work with the drones aurally as oppo...

Aren't those used for flute circumcision? Sort of a Celtic bris?

Best wishes.

Steve

Terry McGee wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:53 pm And the mopane tree has a grub that eats its leaves, and is highly prized in Africa as a source of tasty protein. You'll find recipes on the web...

Note to self: Don't read C&F right after breakfast.

Best wishes.

Steve

You might go right to the source and contact Grey via his web page.

Best wishes for the holidays.

Steve