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Found a Copley. Thank you.

You'd want to be sure that particular flute is intended for Irish music or whatever genre you're interested in. Baroque flutes (which may often have the 1-key for Eb) have a smaller embouchure hole than Irish flutes. They may also be at a different pitch (not A=440 or approximately so) for playing ...

In addition to what tstermitz said, it helps with some notes in the third octave, although additional keys can be useful and/or necessary, depending on the flute. It also helps with the odd tune in E harmonic minor, such as The White Petticoat. But the real question is: why would you want less than...

On a small holed flute you can play most notes to a good or very good quality by half-holing or fork fingerings. Eb is the one note that is pretty much impossible to play. That makes sense! I play whistle but not with other people and haven't really gotten into half-holing yet other than as a more ...

I'm looking for a wood keyless flute and am most interested in something from Copley, Olwell, or Gallagher. Smaller hands so I'd be most interested in Rudall-style models, and I'm a little nervous about large hole models. I know that's a very specific ask but figured there's no harm in putting it ou...

I think I've successfully done it. This is really testing my recall of my early-2000s online forum skills. I think my brain thought we were done with those because I'm having trouble accessing them.

Hello! I'm new to the forum. Boehm flute player to whistle to looking-to-buy an Irish flute. I have Googled this question but just haven't come up with an answer that satisfies. Why would I want one key (and the Eb key at that) on a flute? I'm sure there's an excellent reason, but I don't understand...

This is a helpful discussion. I went from classical Boehm flute to whistle, and now I'm in the market for an Irish flute. It's been so long since I played my Boehm flute seriously that I suspect I'll need to rebuild my embouchure from square one. I appreciate the bit about bit about the struggles of...

Hello! I was checking out this forum based on the recommendation of a member of an Irish flute Facebook group who knew I was looking for a solid used instrument. I saw this post and joined the forum in order to contact you, but I now find that I'm not able to private message you until I've proven th...