This would be a ineresting design for a metal Conical flute
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This would be a ineresting design for a metal Conical flute
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This is made by Auguste Buffet, jeune Paris, it is the french version. I wonder who came up with it Clinton or Buffet?Jayhawk wrote:Looks like the Clinton Flute for India that Terry talks about on his website...I still want one, but no one so far has been inclined to send me one for free.
I think it would be fun to try out.
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Here is the Clinton version
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Re: This would be a ineresting design for a metal Conical fl
Why do all the holes of this flute have the same (seemingly) diameter?
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The Clinton flute had a unique mount for the keys, compare it to the normal looking pin mount of the French flute.
http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/clint-India.htm
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I've often wondered how hard it would be to take an old Boehm flute head and attach a curtain rod with some holes punched in the right places.
Defiantly would not look as nice as those conical flutes though, but it would be metal and use a simple system of fingering.
Defiantly would not look as nice as those conical flutes though, but it would be metal and use a simple system of fingering.
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Jon - that's interesting that a French maker came up with a similar flute. Maybe Terry knows who came up with the idea first.
Now that I know it's French, that solves the 6 key mystery.
If anyone cares and has spares of these flutes about the house, I'd prefer the Clinton (I miss the C and C# keys), but I'd take the Buffet if nothing else is available.
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Now that I know it's French, that solves the 6 key mystery.
If anyone cares and has spares of these flutes about the house, I'd prefer the Clinton (I miss the C and C# keys), but I'd take the Buffet if nothing else is available.
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That thing has more keys than a head janitor.
14 keys can some one name them all?
14 keys can some one name them all?
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Some of them are truly bizarre -- it looks as though there's an Eflat actuated by the left index finger.I.D.10-t wrote:That thing has more keys than a head janitor.
Wow
Can some one name them all?
Also, it looks like two Cnat keys, RH1 and LH1 or 2. Is the second one possibly bigger diameter so that it's a C#/D trill?
What about that one up almost on the barrel? D-D# or D-E trill?
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I think so, too. I think its way cool.Jayhawk wrote:Looks like the Clinton Flute for India that Terry talks about on his website...I still want one, but no one so far has been inclined to send me one for free.
I think it would be fun to try out.
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