McGee flutes

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:12 pm

claudine wrote:Loren, thanks for your advice, I will ask him. But I never use lipstick anyway. Hey man, I'm the reincarnation of Jeanne d'Arc!

Loren

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:33 pm

I'd like to ask Loren and anybody else who
might know the point of lip plates on simple
system flutes.
One use, I know, is protecting against
allegies to cocus--but this sort of thing
aside, does it help tone?

andrewK · Post by **andrewK** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:51 pm

They are rather pretty.
Especially against the shine of the blackwood.

I hope to have a silver one installed on my Wilkes keyless when funds permit, partly for the interest in seeing it installed, if Chris doesn't mind.

I find no problem with lipstick when using silver lip plates.
I tend to find artificial anything rather tacky ! Silver is pretty cheap and attractive.Why not use it ?

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:11 pm

Am I right in concluding that there is no acoustic
advantage?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:21 pm

To my best knowledge the purpose of lip plates is as a stopgap against allergic reactions to tropical hardwoods. Other than that, it's cosmetic. A silver lip plate on a keyed stick does look good; sorta like adding a bowtie to the tuxedo, but there isn't a lot of practical point to it if you're not experiencing allergic reactions. Of course, that shouldn't stop one. A well-made flute is a thing of beauty as well as of music, and a lip plate can add to a good appearance.

rh · Post by rh » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:50 pm

andrewK wrote:They are rather pretty.

Nanohedron wrote: a lip plate can add to a good appearance.

yes, it DOES look rather stylish...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:52 pm

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:40 pm

Nanohedron wrote:To my best knowledge the purpose of lip plates is as a stopgap against allergic reactions to tropical hardwoods. Other than that, it's cosmetic. A silver lip plate on a keyed stick does look good; sorta like adding a bowtie to the tuxedo, but there isn't a lot of practical point to it if you're not experiencing allergic reactions. Of course, that shouldn't stop one. A well-made flute is a thing of beauty as well as of music, and a lip plate can add to a good appearance.

Yes, remember the cocus Olwell keyless with the silver
lip plate that was sold here a little while ago?
Oh, my.

wolvy · Post by **wolvy** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:59 pm

Bretton wrote:
wolvy wrote:Terry made a 2-key GLP flute for me this last spring and he did it in about 4 months - about what he quoted in wait time. I love the flute, by the way.
Which two keys did you get? I'm considering G# and F-natural, but can't decide if I should get short F or long F. Anyone have suggestions on which F might be most useful?

The only tune I really play with an F-nat right now has a phrase that goes E - Fnat - E - D... which makes it pretty easy to half-hole but this gives a weak fuzzy note on my current flute.

-Brett

I got the G# and the short F. If I could do it all over again, I think I would get a Cnat and possibly a long F (or Bb) key. But still, I am quite happy with it.

claudine · Post by **claudine** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:06 am

I want a lip plate to prevent an eventual contact allergy. When I got my blackwood flute, I made an allergy after a few weeks of playing. And as I have also some other allergies I thought it would be safer this time to avoid any direct contact between skin and wood, at least in the face.
Why artificial ivory? The bands of the flute will be made of that, and I think it looks pretty. There is a little artificial ivory liplate on a baroque flute that I got from Luc Verhoeven, so I like the idea of having the same look on my new irish flute. That's all.