A very loud G flute (fife)

gian marco · Post by **gian marco** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:38 am

Hi All,
I need a very loud G flute or fife to play unamplified italian and french music for dancers.
Any suggestions?

thanks

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:54 am

Hammy Hamilton makes inexpensive G flutes as a practice instrument for kids with little hands. They are alimunium tubing with a plastic head. I've tried a few and they are good fun. Being cylindrcal they are more fife-like.

Regards,

Harry.

gian marco · Post by **gian marco** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:17 am

Harry,
Your avatar is the lettr "a" in tibetan.
Do you have a connection with the dzog chen?

rama · Post by **rama** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:41 am

another possibility is an olwell bamboo in "g". mine is mighty loud, moreso than the 'f' version that i have.

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:59 pm

Sweetheart makes one,
Bleazey makes one,
I've heard lately Dave Copley makes one,
Skip Healy makes one.

maracirac · Post by **maracirac** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:23 pm

hi gian marco, marin from croatia here.
i also suggest you to lake look at sweetheart fifes and flutes.i recieved last week their rosewood f flute and i am really satisfied considering a price of that flute. in tune, loud, good looking. i supose it will be same story with their g flute ( fife). my f flute was costed me around 180 euros with postage .for g fife amount will be even smaller.
marin

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:05 pm

I have a Sweetheart Rosewood G that is pretty loud, they are not that expensive either. Plus you can probably get one without a waiting list. The intonation is a bit odd in some spots, but nothing a good player can't play in tune.

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:15 pm

Yes, the sweetheart rosewood G has good volume
and it sounds good. Used it a lot on the street.

One possible defect:
no tuning slide and the flute/fyfe is in tune
with the tenon all the way in. Consequently
you cannot tune sharp if the other instruments
are sharp; also you cannot tune sharp if the
flute is cold.

It may be possible to ask Ralph S to make one
more tunable. His wife once suggested I do
this. If you are playing with other instruments, however,
the present flute is risky.

Doug Tipple has a tunable G flute with
good volume.

demon_piper · Post by **demon_piper** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:08 pm

Tapped that one, Ralph Sweet said he can't make a G flute with a slide because it would cost him too much to buy all the silver in the right sizes.

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:36 pm

jim stone wrote:Yes, the sweetheart rosewood G has good volume
and it sounds good. Used it a lot on the street.

One possible defect:
no tuning slide and the flute/fyfe is in tune
with the tenon all the way in. Consequently
you cannot tune sharp if the other instruments
are sharp; also you cannot tune sharp if the
flute is cold.

Doug Tipple has a tunable G flute with
good volume.

I find that mine is in tune when it is out a little bit, but it doesn't leave much room for sharpening. Before someone else says it, it isn't the instrument so much as it is the player. But we all have heard that enough times on this board. My point is that because it is flat for Jim and I doesn't mean it will be for other players.

I am sure a Tipple G would get the job done perfectly fine.

Dave Copley's Flutes are very very nice I have an Eb by him and it is a great Flute. You can't go wrong with a Copley.

Jack Bradshaw · Post by **Jack Bradshaw** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:04 pm

Unseen122 wrote: I am sure a Tipple G would get the job done perfectly fine.

And the classic G.........the "Reliable Bros." ceramic, 6-hole, or the chromatic is a real trumpet as far as volume goes (no tuning slide though)

Il Friscaletto · Post by **Il Friscaletto** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:53 am

I heard Skip Healy play one of his fifes. It was obscenely loud.

:)

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:39 am

Sylvain Barou was selling his G Bamboo Rhiannon at a very reasonable price. No slide though.

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... t=rhiannon