Doug recently sent me one of his latest 3 piece PVC flutes with a lip plate and wedge to evaluate, but when I heard what my friend Ben Jaber was able to do with it, I just had to shoot some videos:
“Spike Island Lasses”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvAPt6V3GDY
“Port na bPucaí”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVLvUTyComY
Enjoy!
Michael
Uh, wow. Great playing and definitely the best I’ve heard a Tipple sound. How much is the new design? What ever it is, it’s crazy cheap I’m sure to get a sound like that. Well done, Doug! 
impressive
Thanks, Michael, for posting these links here on the flute forum. I should add that Ben Jaber is an excellent musician who can make a rather ordinary piece of pvc plumbing pipe sound like a real Irish flute. Ben is also the principal first chair French horn player in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Michael, the engineer in charge of the recording, has excellent recording equipment and lots of experience in making a high quality video. I am very pleased with the results.
Super stuff - way to go, Doug!
Doug, there really never has been a need to be so modest about your flutes as you sometimes are. The question of them being “real Irish flutes” is surely put to rest with these UTube postings?
I wonder if Jabor’s virtuosity will put the cat among the “plastic versus wood” pigeons now? Judging by the generous comments you’re getting from the wood champions already, may be it has. Heh, heh.
Michael Eskin and Mr Jabor have done us all a favour.
Congratulations, Doug. Well done; well deserved.
K.
wow!! wish i could make mine sound half as good! what exactly do you do to get that sound?
practice
In general, I think one needs to push the tone of the flute to the edgy part of its sound. Start with the round full sound then keep pushing by focusing the air by tightening the embouchure little by little and/or slightly increasing the amount of air. The edgy/reedy sound occurs right before the note breaks.
This is as best as I can tell, which may or may not be the case. Just what I’m working on right now.
Jason
This is the best demonstration I have seen/heard of a Tipple. I have been considering buying a Tipple or two to try out some different keys, as they are relatively cheap. Can you ask Ben to demonstrate some of the other lower keys as well? (C, B or Bb)
Are you serious? 
I would think it would sound pretty much the same only lower or higher.
It was very generous of Ben to volunteer to do the videos when I asked him. I’m not going to ask any more of him!
There are a lot of people who would like to know the answer to your question. Keep in mind that Ben Jaber is a professional musician. He has spent years developing a good embouchure on the French horn, a very difficult instrument, and this experience is equally as important for his flute performance, along with the breath demands that come from years of practice. So, don’t feel too badly that you can’t play as well as Ben. I have played the flute for twenty years, and I can’t play well enough to make a decent recording. However, Ben’s playing is a good example of what we can aspire to if we are serious about our love for flute playing.
Ben Jaber’s relaxed fluency is remarkable. Does this man breathe? Love it!
The OP mentions this is one of Doug’s latest flutes. Does this just mean it was made recently or have there been improvements made to the three piece flutes he made a few years ago?
Also, if the OP knows how the wedge is in there I would love to know. (I.e., where is it positioned? Is it affixed or free-floating? If affixed, how is it affixed, etc.) My experience is that without the wedge there are tuning problems, but with the wedge in there (not affixed) the flute loses the very nice vibration and open sound it has without the wedge. As a result, I often play without the wedge (mostly at stop lights 
)and really over-push to try to get the upper register in tune.
I agree with what everyone has said so far: both the flute and the player sound great. Thanks to the OP and the Ben Jaber (and of course to Doug).
Ahh… never gave the ‘D’ a try.
Arbo
Gian Marco Pietrasanta from Genoa, Italy is playing my 3-piece low C flute with lip plate and 2-semicircles oval embouchure. Gian Marco is playing his own tune, “The Maybe Waltz”. One of his other tunes, “The Cat in the Fiddle Case” has become rather popular. Thanks, Gian Marco, for sharing your tunes with the world.
The sheet music for this tune is available at:
Here’s more information about Jaber - what a remarkable fellow: