Picture of John Gallagher Flutes

Blayne Chastain · Post by **Blayne Chastain** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:22 am

I've been asked a few times for pictures of my Gallagher Pratten Reproduction (Boosey). Well... I can do better than that. For a while there I was trying out his Rudall & Rose Reproduction so I was able to photograph both together for comparison.

Cheers,

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:39 am

Wow. Beautiful flutes. How much does he charge and how long is the wait?

Blayne Chastain · Post by **Blayne Chastain** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:15 am

He's charging about as much as the rest of the top makers. Here are his contact details:

John Gallagher
Elkins, West Virginia, USA
Tel: +1 (304) 636-8688

Cheers,

Leonard · Post by **Leonard** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:26 am

God ... you make the best pictures of flute I've never seen!

Leo

Blayne Chastain · Post by **Blayne Chastain** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:27 am

Thanks! But "Blayne" will suffice!

Matt_Paris · Post by **Matt_Paris** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:39 am

Yes great flutes... I love that Rudall with very small holes.

But just a stupid question, which Gallagher is that ? The Firescribble directory gives two ones...

AaronMalcomb · Post by **AaronMalcomb** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:52 am

Matt, that is the Gallagher who makes primarily flutes who as opposed to Seth Gallagher who makes uilleann pipes as well.

What all do you, Blayne, do for those pictures like this and the one you had of that Copley? They look like they are film and not digital. What kind of backdrop? What film speed? What kind of lighting?

Cheers,
Aaron

Blayne Chastain · Post by **Blayne Chastain** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:57 am

I'm sworn to secrecy!

I will say that I'm using a Nikon D100 Digital SLR...

herbivore12 · Post by **herbivore12** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:04 am

Such a good picture that John Gallagher sends them out to customers, Blayne! He sent me this photo a couple months back when I called him to see how much longer it'd be until my flute was done (I'm getting a six-key Pratten).

Nice work, both by flutemaker and photographer.

Blayne Chastain · Post by **Blayne Chastain** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:26 am

It's nice to have a picture to drool over to tide you over isn't it!?

As one of my favorite folk singer/songwriters (John Gorka) once wrote:

"The mean time is a mean time..."

True 'dat.

ChrisA · Post by **ChrisA** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:20 am

AaronMalcomb wrote:Matt, that is the Gallagher who makes primarily flutes who as opposed to Seth Gallagher who makes uilleann pipes as well.

What all do you, Blayne, do for those pictures like this and the one you had of that Copley? They look like they are film and not digital. What kind of backdrop? What film speed? What kind of lighting?

Cheers,
Aaron

He may not say, but I'm thinking he's got the flutes on a sheet of butcher's paper on
a table in a mostly unfurnished room. There's a large square flourescent light in the
ceiling with excellent diffusion. The light is almost directly over the camera, which is
about five feet away from the flutes. The camera is mounted on a tripod, manually
adjusted to low sensitivity and long exposure time.

At least, that's where I'd start if I wanted to recreate this shot.

Blayne Chastain · Post by **Blayne Chastain** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:26 am

That would certainly yield good results! We are setup with pro gear because we take alot of photos but there's no reason why you couldn't achieve similar results with a homemade setup.

Thanks for the input Chris.

Best,

andrewK · Post by **andrewK** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:07 pm

Does Mr Gallagher think of salt spoon C keys on the foot joint as a feature of Rudall & Rose flutes ?

ChrisA · Post by **ChrisA** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:57 pm

McChastain wrote:That would certainly yield good results! We are setup with pro gear because we take alot of photos but there's no reason why you couldn't achieve similar results with a homemade setup.

Thanks for the input Chris.

Best,

Hmm, you must not be kidding about that sworn to secrecy if you resisted the temptation
to correct my proposed setup! Darn it all...

--Chris

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:42 pm

I've spent a week or so with that Rudall. It's an excellent flute. You can pop holes in your sheet rock with the bottem D. Best to play near an open window.

Doc