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Thanks, Jim. How do you feel the sound of 19th century flutes compares to the soft, subtle tone of baroque flutes?

And, has anyone played a Hotteterre copy and can say a bit about it?

I'd like to pick the brains of people here who know a bit about Baroque flutes (traversos). I was looking at Bernolin's resin traversos. Is there any reason not to start on an Hotteterre copy, rather than a GA Rottenburgh? The Hotteterre has a fuller lower octave and is more Baroquey than the GA Rot...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c6T6suvnhco https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGZfVehez0 Not just ancient people could make music with only one note. So can modern people! First video is Francis Bebey and the second are Pygmy musicians. Very very cool stuff! Check out other songs by Francis Bebey where h...

The neighbor probably wants the tune Concerning Hobbits. Googling it gives tons of sheet music in various keys.

Hello everyone, Does anyone have any tips or info about Bulgarian kaval makers? Just googling around you can find plastic, PVC, or delrin kavals for around €50-€200. I'd love to have some context for various sources, though. For Irish flutes, you can quickly get a sense on here and on thesession of ...