How many flutes does one person have/need?

RudallRose · Post by **RudallRose** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:44 pm

We need only one, of course, when we play.
The question is always: Which is the RIGHT one?
Therein lies the cause of Flute Acqusition Disorder.

Once acquired a flute is very difficult to part with.
It is never a monagamous relationship. Flute players are by their nature polyamorous sorts willing to take on a new partner at the flash of a new flute, the tone, the sight, the feel.

But we hardly ever part with the partners we already have.
We happily take on a mistress after mistress, each one filling a desire the other cannot. Though "married" to one, we quickly change which one carries the latest moniker of "wife" while the mistresses gather and multiply.

Then when we think we have no use for one of the harem, we wonder whether it's time to part, to send it along like a slave to a new owner. We give it one last farewell, one last tune......only to find it has improved since the last time we held her, made herself more robust, more responsive and better able to provide to our every request and whim. She is now our main partner and the others are relegated to the drawer, the stand, the box or the holder, to pine for our attention.

There is no ONE flute for a flute player.

We just think there is.

dm

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:36 pm

well said David, and don't forget the curves, they are all slightly different, OK, i'm not going any further, like hole size...................
David, you totally set me up

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:45 pm

Mary

Jim Troy · Post by **Jim Troy** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:05 pm

i do like that idea of "One Flute to Rule To Rule Them All "

who has it ? who will rescue it ? who will be the one ?
who will tune the damn thing ?
will it be made of Mithril , Cocus , or Waterford Glass ?
will it control the one who holds it ?

(i believe i have the other nine , by the way .
2 Martin Doyles , 1 Trevor James , 1 Arie de Keiser , etc.)

Jim Troy · Post by **Jim Troy** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:37 pm

by the way , David Quinn , could you take that shot again ?
an interesting collection , but the picture reminds me of myself at the end of the session in the smoke chamber of Moroney's of Mullagh , very fuzzy around the edges..

david quinn · Post by **david quinn** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:13 pm

[quote="Jim Troy"]by the way , David Quinn , could you take that shot again ?
an interesting collection ,

Jim a lot of these instruments are getting overhauled just now and some loaned out.

There is 3 b flat bass flutes 3 f flutes and 2 piccolos and 2 b flats some Hawkes and son Crown A z models, Rudall Carte and Hy potter.

What flutes do you use yourself Jim?
Would be interesting to talk to a fellow simple system flute collector.

David

Jim Troy · Post by **Jim Troy** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:48 pm

i use a Maurice Reviol when i'm trying to look cool and competent in a session.
i use my Martin Doyles , C and D ,when i want to play music
my Arie de Keyser is out on loan , to a piper pal who wants to see what all the fuss is about ( a lot of pipers are doing that ,you know ,playing flutes and discovering music , like ..)
i use my Trevor James , when i visit my posh friends at La Scala .
i did have a Hammy Hamilton , aluminum , which i played at traffic lights , and Dublin rush hour , in me oul Transit . it also doubled as a "spanner" , traveling through certain areas.

waiting for the one , though , to rule them all

i believe it's just coming , bit of a delay in some place called Moria .

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:00 pm

Jim Troy wrote:i use a Maurice Reviol when i'm trying to look cool and competent in a session.
i use my Martin Doyles , C and D ,when i want to play music
my Arie de Keyser is out on loan , to a piper pal who wants to see what all the fuss is about ( a lot of pipers are doing that ,you know ,playing flutes and discovering music , like ..)
i use my Trevor James , when i visit my posh friends at La Scala .
i did have a Hammy Hamilton , aluminum , which i played at traffic lights , and Dublin rush hour , in me oul Transit . it also doubled as a "spanner" , traveling through certain areas.

waiting for the one , though , to rule them all

i believe it's just coming , bit of a delay in some place called Moria .

It all makes sense, some how, A flute for every season...

Dave Parkhurst · Post by **Dave Parkhurst** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:15 pm

Oh Ed, there is a huuuuge difference from flute to flute. My Cotter is a huge, Hum-Vee, pipe organ of a flute, whereas the Bleazy is a facile, warm, lovable hummingbird. If you have the money, why not have one for each mood?

In The Woods · Post by **In The Woods** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:02 pm

I've got a Tipple 2-piece, 8-hole d with the lip plate and the Tipple-Fajardo wedge. I can afford to get a couple more of Robert's instruments, ut then I'm stymied: MONEY. They sure aren't as easy to acquire as whistles. How do you all manage to collect that many?

With best regards,

Steve Mack

JeffS · Post by **JeffS** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:13 pm

You need three flutes:

1. Your "first flute."
2. Your knockabout flute.
3. The one you'll keep foreever.

jaime! · Post by **jaime!** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:04 pm

one would be nice....

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:58 am

Why, you need exactly as many flutes as you can have, of course!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:28 am

Cathy Wilde wrote:Why, you need exactly as many flutes as you can have, of course!

...and one more...

U2Lynne · Post by **U2Lynne** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:43 pm

Wow! (No Responce)