OT: Baroque Flute Recommendations

harrywhohaa · Post by **harrywhohaa** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:41 pm

Hi,

I'm looking to get an entry level Baroque flute for parlour playing with non trad minded family and friends.

This won't be taken to sessions so volume is not an issue and I think either a415 or a440 will be OK as the other players are on strings.

Is anybody aware of options below $1000US other than the Aulos plastic models?

Many thanks,

Simon

Sillydill · Post by **Sillydill** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:24 pm

Hey Simon,

Check out Luc Verhoeven traversos here: http://users.skynet.be/fluiten/how.html

Here is a picture of Chas's traverso by Verhoeven:

Best of Luck!

Jordan

chas · Post by **chas** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:24 pm

Luc Verhoeven makes traversos in, I think, the $3-500 range.He's Belgian and has a good website.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:55 am

Ralph Sweet also makes a traverso.

http://www.sweetheartflute.com/baroqueflutes.html

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:25 am

I have seen and played a Van Huene flute that is absolutely beautiful and sounds gorgeous. It is listed on their site under "flutes ~ 17th century"

I am considering buying one of these, actually.

www.vonhuene.com

M

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:22 am

Edited to remove, well, something I wanted to remove!

Loren

Hoovorff · Post by **Hoovorff** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:33 am

At Boxwood, I took my Aulos 415 white Stanesby jr. model. Marten Root, the Baroque flute instructor liked it when he tried it, and wanted to know where he could get one. They run $425 or so through rhythmband.com
He liked it much better than the black Grenser model.

Of course, I would LOVE to get a wooden one.

I'm not sure, though, if I would have opportunity to play it enough to make it worth it.

Jeanie

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:00 am

How loud are they?

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:14 am

GaryKelly wrote:How loud are they?

Let's see, where do I begin? Have you got a year?

Loren

Chiffed · Post by **Chiffed** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:14 pm

Loren wrote:
GaryKelly wrote:How loud are they?

Let's see, where do I begin? Have you got a year?

Loren

Loud enough to totally drown out the clavichord player

mcdafydd · Post by **mcdafydd** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:33 am

there's always the fun ebay gamble if you have a bit of spare change sitting around:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Asa-Hopkins ... dZViewItem

asopp83 · Post by **asopp83** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:49 am

Has anyone played a Luc Verhoeven flute ever? Lately I have been using my school's flute, which is a very nice Von Heune Gresner copy...but, my time with using it is running out since I'm almost done with school. Any feedback would be appreciated!

chas · Post by **chas** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:18 am

Luc's flutes are nice and very pretty, but you'll never confuse one with the von Huene. I owned both at the same time, both Grenser copies. I never really bonded with the Luc; there was something in both the sound and the playability that I never quite got over. Also, the fingerings for some of the notes were different from the vH.

I just got an Aulos black-matte Grenser copy. I've only had it for a day, so can't say too much. One thing I will say is I'm already getting a nice sound out of it and it's very easy to play.

asopp83 · Post by **asopp83** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:57 pm

Hm...thanks for your honest opinion. That was my gut feeling. I should probably just save up for my own Von Huene, which will probably be better in the long run. I have never played an aulos - my recorder playing friend swears they are amazing - maybe I should give them a try!

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:04 pm

Rod Cameron also makes top notch Baroque flutes, and his tuning is more "modern" than Von Huene's - by that I mean the scale is more in tune across the entire range, with less need for serious lipping of certain notes.

Loren