10 key Boosey Pratten's Perfected
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10 key Boosey Pratten's Perfected
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Very nice! I have to RS Prattens in my shop right now, they are nice playing flutes. I like the keywork on yours, that is unusual. I like the design of the key cups, they kind of have a Monzani look about them.
Good luck with the sale.
Good luck with the sale.
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I've played this flute and it's nice.
The keywork is known as "Hudson keys" because its the style of John Hudson, the original siccama manufacturer who started this style on those flutes.
The key cup screws upward into the shank (or outward as the case may be). Easy to repad. But tweeky if the cups move from overuse, affecting the seal. I have two flutes like this (a very early Siccama and a Wilkes copied from a Boosey/Pratten)
Undoubtedly this flute was likely made by John Hudson himself. It was his work to do the double-touch for the thumb (a C and Bb element). He actually was doing this before his flutes (and himself) went to Boosey as there is at least one Pratten/Hudson (from Siccama) out there with this key structure.
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The keywork is known as "Hudson keys" because its the style of John Hudson, the original siccama manufacturer who started this style on those flutes.
The key cup screws upward into the shank (or outward as the case may be). Easy to repad. But tweeky if the cups move from overuse, affecting the seal. I have two flutes like this (a very early Siccama and a Wilkes copied from a Boosey/Pratten)
Undoubtedly this flute was likely made by John Hudson himself. It was his work to do the double-touch for the thumb (a C and Bb element). He actually was doing this before his flutes (and himself) went to Boosey as there is at least one Pratten/Hudson (from Siccama) out there with this key structure.
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Is anyone using that key setup today? Makers or players? It seems so sensible, and looks so elegant. I would be concerned about the extra C touch interfering with the thumb of anyone using one of the alternate LH holds, but maybe it's not really in the way.
I'm for anything that puts more RH Bb touches in the world!
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I'm for anything that puts more RH Bb touches in the world!
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Newbie question here:
The seller describes the extra bore-polishing that indicates this flute received special attention during its creation. Yet, a reknowned PVC flutemaker among us has had success in getting increased volume using a textured ("speckled-bore") design. (Still love my Tipple!)
I know these are entirely different animals --- conical vs cylindrical, etc.... Still, what's the dumbed-down skinny on bores?
The seller describes the extra bore-polishing that indicates this flute received special attention during its creation. Yet, a reknowned PVC flutemaker among us has had success in getting increased volume using a textured ("speckled-bore") design. (Still love my Tipple!)
I know these are entirely different animals --- conical vs cylindrical, etc.... Still, what's the dumbed-down skinny on bores?
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