Flute addiction...
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Flute addiction...
All,
I don't know what is wrong with me!!! I am now thinking of selling my Seery as well as my Burn's Folk Flute so that I can order one of Casey's Pratten models in Blackwood with tuning slide and rings...
Does it ever stop?
Tony
I don't know what is wrong with me!!! I am now thinking of selling my Seery as well as my Burn's Folk Flute so that I can order one of Casey's Pratten models in Blackwood with tuning slide and rings...
Does it ever stop?
Tony
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depending on your personality.
for me it never stops, and I've been getting to the point where I can't look at my wife in the eyes for a day or two after the auction closed, and she'd pick up on it, and say: OK, what did you get? and then two weeks later, I confess to Gordon, and even though he assures me that "it's OK" I'm sure he rolls his eyes and shakes his head, why would'nt he? that's what I do!
I really put a lot of the blame on those makers that take so long, and I do all I can to make Peter Noy feel bad with every new flute I buy while I wait, of course sending him my new find for restoration does not help things.
Basically, were screwed.
for me it never stops, and I've been getting to the point where I can't look at my wife in the eyes for a day or two after the auction closed, and she'd pick up on it, and say: OK, what did you get? and then two weeks later, I confess to Gordon, and even though he assures me that "it's OK" I'm sure he rolls his eyes and shakes his head, why would'nt he? that's what I do!
I really put a lot of the blame on those makers that take so long, and I do all I can to make Peter Noy feel bad with every new flute I buy while I wait, of course sending him my new find for restoration does not help things.
Basically, were screwed.
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I'm Charlie and I'm a flutoholic. It started with whistles, then I went onto the hard stuff.
Actually, I have a pretty addictable personality. I bought probably 50-60 whistles over 3 or 4 years. When I decided to start flute, it was because I bought my wife a Thin Weasel that she wasn't really crazy about. The thing is the most beautiful piece of wood I've ever seen, though, so I couldn't let it go. I never got the hang of it, but bought two antiques off ebay and then the Bleazey. Ten months later, the only other flute I've bought is a Copley. Oh, and I've ordered a couple of keyless, and a keyed flute for my wife, and have one of the anitques, a four-key boxwood flute with horrible intonation, off being intoned by John Gallagher. The sound of that baby is perfect, so if it can be brought into tune, it could be a real gem.
So there is hope. Maybe not much. I've already begun unloading whistles, and when all my flutes are in I'm not planning on keeping all of them, but it'll be 1.5 years before I've received them all, and it will take at least a year to determine which I love and which I merely like. A lot can happen between now and then.
Actually, I have a pretty addictable personality. I bought probably 50-60 whistles over 3 or 4 years. When I decided to start flute, it was because I bought my wife a Thin Weasel that she wasn't really crazy about. The thing is the most beautiful piece of wood I've ever seen, though, so I couldn't let it go. I never got the hang of it, but bought two antiques off ebay and then the Bleazey. Ten months later, the only other flute I've bought is a Copley. Oh, and I've ordered a couple of keyless, and a keyed flute for my wife, and have one of the anitques, a four-key boxwood flute with horrible intonation, off being intoned by John Gallagher. The sound of that baby is perfect, so if it can be brought into tune, it could be a real gem.
So there is hope. Maybe not much. I've already begun unloading whistles, and when all my flutes are in I'm not planning on keeping all of them, but it'll be 1.5 years before I've received them all, and it will take at least a year to determine which I love and which I merely like. A lot can happen between now and then.
Charlie
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Very true, Jayhawk.
Just relate it to what D. Migoya says about tone quality.
I add that flutes are things just expensive enough for making us happy when we can buy them, just cheap enough (compared for instance to UP) for feeling we need several: keyed, keyless, etc.
We often need more lessons and less instruments; our money would be more useful!
Philippe
PS: Grixxly! I've same problems! Let's make group therapy!
Just relate it to what D. Migoya says about tone quality.
I add that flutes are things just expensive enough for making us happy when we can buy them, just cheap enough (compared for instance to UP) for feeling we need several: keyed, keyless, etc.
We often need more lessons and less instruments; our money would be more useful!
Philippe
PS: Grixxly! I've same problems! Let's make group therapy!
Breizh soner
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talasiga wrote: Obsess about playing and the need to possess much
may become less
These guys are on the right track. If you took the money used to buy all of these other flutes and whistles and used them to buy Scoiltrad lessons or to go to workshops, you would be much more satisfied with one flute.phcook wrote:We often need more lessons and less instruments; our money would be more useful!
The money spent on two flutes could buy you a trip to Willie Week. Or just one flute could get you to Boxwood, Swannanoa, or the myriad of other workshops in North America.
Buying all of these different flutes is fun but you have to ask yourself if you will be satisfied. I've seen too many adults get into hobbies which become more of a collection than a hobby or pastime. Maybe the time and effort put into an art like traditional music is more commitment than a lot of folks can manage with their families and careers so acquiring instruments is easier. One can only speculate.
Cheers,
Aaron
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I would say that when you live where you can't try different flutes easily, this buying and selling of flutes may make sense, as you try to find the flute that fits you best.
Just be careful you don't wind up finding out that the best flute for you was the one you sold two years ago...
By the way, I agree with the comment on the Seery. Getting to know my Hamilton has also given me an entirely new appreciation of the Seery. It's a fine flute in its own right.
--James
Just be careful you don't wind up finding out that the best flute for you was the one you sold two years ago...
By the way, I agree with the comment on the Seery. Getting to know my Hamilton has also given me an entirely new appreciation of the Seery. It's a fine flute in its own right.
--James
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I would add to James's remarks (with which I agree) that some of us are interested in a few different types of music. I'm not going to play Telemann on a Hammy, nor would I play a reel on a small-holed boxwood 19th-century 4-key.
Charlie
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