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In the liner notes to Seamus Tansey's CD "Easter Snow" he refers to a "3/4 flute". I'm not familiar with the term (and the search function isn't any help with this term). Can someone enlighten me as to what Mr. Tansey is referring to?

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Thanks much.

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I've heard the term by other flute players than Tansey being used to refer to an F flute, however Tansey, when he was in Detroit a couple years ago, was referring to his Eb flute as a three quarter flute. So it's possible that whereever you're reading it from him, he just meant that.
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Or it's possible, given Tansey's "colorful" personality, that he's just messing with everyone's heads. :)
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Eb is shurley 11/12ths....
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Denny wrote:Eb is shurley 11/12ths....
In ET.
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go phone home :really:
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