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Sillydill
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by Sillydill Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:02 pm
During my nightly trawling of the internet I found the following at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website:
http://www.mfa.org/
Under COLLECTIONS - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE COLLECTION..WIND INSTRUMENTS ....
A French Crystal and Silver Flute by Claude Laurent ~ 1837
mms://media.mfa.org/audio/MIAudio79.mp3 Performed by Peter H. Bloom.
Note the Crystal Clear quality of the tone!
Keep on Tootin!
Cork
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by Cork Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:44 am
Honestly, Jordan, I simply must hand it to you, in that you do come up with some delightful flutes! This one is a beauty, and I'd love to have it!
Gabriel
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by Gabriel Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:14 am
I want one. Nine or ten keys please.
Doug_Tipple
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by Doug_Tipple Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:41 am
Don't drop it.
dow
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by dow Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:07 am
So, if you play it really high, really strong, and really focused, will it shatter?
Dow Mathis ∴Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently motivated fool.
Denny
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by Denny Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:13 am
Naw....do not take 'im seriously
jemtheflute
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by jemtheflute Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:24 am
Nice one, Jordan - thanks for the clip link! I actually got to hold and have a blow on one of these years ago chez Paul Davis, but it had leaky keys and I wasn't playing well either, so didn't get a huge amount from the experience, unfortunately. Plus I was far more interested in the stunning ivory baroque flute he had at that time....... with which I totally fell in love!
dow
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by dow Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:24 am
Denny wrote: Naw....do not take 'im seriously
Hmm... I thought they were flutes, like on a gun barrel, to help keep it from overheating when you play really fast.
Dow Mathis ∴Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently motivated fool.
Denny
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by Denny Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:27 am
'at's it....make 'im feel old
pretty fast ta get glass ta melt, innit?
dow
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by dow Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:30 am
Dow Mathis ∴Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently motivated fool.
monkey587
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by monkey587 Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:15 pm
There's an album (available on eMusic I think) where Jan Boland plays rare and unusual flutes such as these. Nice music, too.
William Bajzek
Jumbuk
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by Jumbuk Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:52 pm
Yes, this is what it sounds like ...
Ronbo
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by Ronbo Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:47 pm
dow wrote: Denny wrote: Naw....do not take 'im seriously
Hmm... I thought they were flutes, like on a gun barrel, to help keep it from overheating when you play really fast.
They could have made them spiral, to give good directionality to the notes you play on it.
tin tin
Posts: 1314 Joined: Tue Jun 25, 2002 6:00 pmantispam: NoPlease enter the next number in sequence: 8Tell us something.: To paraphrase Mark Twain, a gentleman is someone who knows how to play the spoons and doesn't. I'm doing my best to be a gentleman.
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by tin tin Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:32 pm
Laurent's crystal flute sounds lovely, as played on this album:
http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/release ... -2000.html
Not sure where the album is available...I recall buying my copy at Monticello.
