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Those look good, much an own approach, and I would think they play well also. Making each instrument individually is very rewarding . So far I have never made an attempted exact replica of a previous instrument, though I suppose that would bring its rewards also. The lip plate is a good idea, I had ...

There is also

https://www.maqamworld.com/en/maqam.php

It lists all the various Arabic scales and with recorded examples, for if you are looking to find if there is one comparable.

Not the same tune but an example of one Breton scale all the same, third video at https://foredofico.org/CERMAA/analyses/breton-music#_ftnref3 "The scale is analyzed in details in the article “Dossier : Mesures d’intervalles – Méthodologie et Pratique.” Revue Des Traditions Musicales Des Mondes...

....but for his interpretation of the tune I don't find any info, you would probably have to ask him how he arrived at that. The tune is Breton (medieval possibly) and simpler scaled versions are all else I find online e.g. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4QD5EFZZXZA I would not be surprised if the sc...

Another picture at https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/la-chapelle-neuve-56500/le-flutiste-breton-confronte-au-monde-4779055 "For a long time, I played on keyless, one- or 3-keyed flutes: Holzapfel (in D)/ Bruce du Ve (in D)/ Hamilton (in D)/ Lehart (in D, Bb, Eb, F, and a G with an old Breton...

Metal clay might be a possibility as well. I haven't tried that yet, have calculated one copper clay at 10 pounds a whistle. From what I read it is more sintered, i.e. slightly grainy, but not sure on that or how pliable after firing it is. Anyway, it could be stamped in a mould and then fired, or c...

I can definitely relate to what you are saying, I think just about everyone who plays will have picked up an instrument at some point and found some stickiness to the playing, but usually that will have been from having handled something beforehand, or from something on the instrument (linseed oil w...

I haven't met Matt in person, but he is like someone you feel you have always known. Actually I don't think of him as a great flute player, though I love his playing, just as a kind person who perseveres and follows a good light, who is attentive to others instead of attention seeking. That care com...

There is a discussion on just that here

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoar ... 6&t=454027

It would depend if you want to make just one or a few, or very many. I am not experienced at sheet metal work, but know the same object can be made with minimal tooling and cold forming, right through to hands off mass produced. "The seam on the back is a locking seam, different from a clarke. ...

On flute I have not had difficulty with sweated hands so far, even in hot weather, beyond wiping between tunes sometimes. Some people do sweat more than others though. Usually the moisture that catches me out is build up inside the flute that then finds its way to fingertips, still playable but the ...

Many thanks for posting that.

There are a lot of other videos of interest also under that account, including Riojan bagpipes, cane instruments, guitars and violins, and various other crafts as well.

The cases are not the right shape and the seams leak air, but they allow you complete choice on the placement of the embouchure and toneholes .

I'm often surprised by how "recent" much of the US is. Maybe there were earlier tracks, but the roads you mention are from the '30s . Branham is said founded 1899, the railroad was built sometime after 1870 . Before that it seems quite wild. By early 20th century it was a town. https://www...