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New flute, by Francois Baubet

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Just had to share :)
Got this second hand keyless D Mopane flute today, made by Francois Baubet.
I already have one of his Delrin flutes, and this one just confirms my belief that he is really a top notch maker!
Only gripe is that the right hand section and foot are stuck like someone used superglue for cork grease..
I hardly ever take those two pieces apart on my other flutes, but still.. Guess i will have to wait for the dreaded Scandinavian winter to hopefully take care of it.

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Do you know if this model is based on a particular historical design? (... IIRC your delrin flute was a R&R copy, wasn't it?)

Looks nice anyway! How about a sound clip? :puppyeyes:
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I have heard on the grapevine that Francois flutes are based on/inspired by? Chris Wilkes, and that neither he nor any modern maker carbon copies old flutes with more or less quirks :) Then again, you said "based on".. I guess since he use separate RH and LH sections that Pratten can be ruled out looks wise, on the other hand i've been told Eamonn Cotter use a 'Rudall-esque' bore but Pratten looks.
I really don't know. All i *do* know is that more people should buy flutes from Francois before he starts charging what the flutes are truly worth!
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Ah yes, sorry, that was the other recent Baubet-thread which was about an R&R copy... or "R&R inspired" for that matter. :)
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Might be the opposite of "tenon compression" from the cork. It seems to have a way of deforming the wood in the socket. I have a set of Spanish Bagpipes that are that way, from really tight cork being used on the drone sliders. Hard going in and then its like it reaches a chamber. Am going to have to carefully reream these out some day. Then thread wrap the tenons.

I find that a little but of side to side movement is enough usually to unlock cork tenons from their sockets, rather than a rotary motion.

Mopane is still one of my favorite flute woods and I just loaded up with more of it. Pretty flute.

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Pretty flute...but I was actively trying NOT to think of Francois' flutes...I think I have 7 months or so left to wait for my keyed flute.

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Interested to see how you think it compares with your delrin one in your experience. When was the mopane flute made?
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Sirchronique wrote:Interested to see how you think it compares with your delrin one in your experience. When was the mopane flute made?
The Mopane one was delivered (and thus made) in 2011.
First impression is that it is more "vibrant" sounding than the delrin one, a bigger, more complex sound. Not really a fair comparison since he use different reamers now than the ones he did 3 years ago.
Would be more relevant to compare two recent flutes for difference in sound since that would be almost exclusively down to material used.
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Nice looking flute! :thumbsup:
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Talked to the original owner, apparently he never took the foot and RH section apart.. MIght be something of a challenge to part them three years later..
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Re: New flute, by Francois Baubet

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Audio file?
I pray! :party:
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Timberflute22 wrote:Audio file?
I pray! :party:
You might be wanting one of this specific flute, but I will add that Francois has a YouTube channel with various videos of his different flutes.
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Bit of tomb raiding/thread resurrection here.. anyhoo.. Sound clips you asked?
Here's the Mopane Baubet CLICK
And the Delrin Baubet for comparison CLICK

As usual it's *not* me playing in the clips.. Sorry (better me than you ;) )
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Both sound great, and pretty much the same to me. Maybe they sound a bit different in person (if you still feel that way), but recorded...I'm not sure I could pick which was which based only on sound.

Nice playing, too, if not you...then who is it? We demand names! :swear:

4.5 months still to go...just added 4 of his large, flat rings. I've loved that style of rings since I first same them in the Timber! flute tutor, and now they shall be mine! :love:

Now my flute, is going to look like this (well, except in delrin not cocus, no Cnat and only one head joint):

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Re: New flute, by Francois Baubet

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Lars Larry Mór Mott wrote:Bit of tomb raiding/thread resurrection here.. anyhoo.. Sound clips you asked?
Here's the Mopane Baubet CLICK
And the Delrin Baubet for comparison CLICK

As usual it's *not* me playing in the clips.. Sorry (better me than you ;) )

Who is the player in the clips? Nice to hear what the flute is capable of!

Of course there are several variables to take into account, but in those particular clips I actually preferred the sound in the delrin one.


Edit: Nevermind. I see it was Marc in the clips. Nice! Thanks for sharing.
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