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- Fri May 30, 2014 11:30 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Keyless flute
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2273
Re: Keyless flute
The 6-hole fingering is just more traditional, for flutes and for fifes too. The recorder-fingering fifes are made by recorder companies as a sort of transitional instrument, and I don't know of anyone doing them in a larger size than soprano. If you're not averse to giving the 6-hole system a try, ...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Inexpensive whistle I like Product of Woodnote
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12771
Re: Inexpensive whistle I like Product of Woodnote
I can't imagine the Kelischeks are any too happy, and maybe rightly so this time. The wood grain version seems like an option that those who play at historical reenactments and Renaissance fairs might find more usable than the shiny plastic. http://www.woodnotemusic-usa.com/Woodnote_BSI921922BW_Wood...
- Mon May 06, 2013 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Dale caught on camera
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2074
Re: Dale caught on camera
It's undisputed.maki wrote:"Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything."
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:21 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Installing harp sharping levers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6973
Re: Installing harp sharping levers
Bear in mind that you don't need levers if you just want to play in different keys. You can always retune. Wire harpers get very quick at that, as levers aren't particularly satisfying (or traditional) on wire harps. Levers are useful if you need accidentals, or if you play in so many different key...
- Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:33 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Installing harp sharping levers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6973
Re: Installing harp sharping levers
Thanks for the help. This harp is designed to accept sharping levers. The key of C really is fine for me, but I was thinking I might use it in church sometime if I could switch it into F too. I live out in the country, not near any large city, so I don't think there is any local shop to have it done.
- Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:53 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Installing harp sharping levers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6973
Installing harp sharping levers
I have a harp. It's a pretty thing. Sits by the front doorway of my house. But it doesn't have any sharping levers. If I wanted to add a few levers, so I could play in another key or two, would this be a difficult task? I reckon sending it off to have them installed would be a little expensive (and ...
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:28 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Attn. C&F Bestiary Oracle... what creature is this?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2029
Re: Attn. C&F Bestiary Oracle... what creature is this?
Fine and dandy.chas wrote:Walden!! How ya doin' stranger??
That was my original thought.chas wrote:I'd say it's a lion's head.
Yes indeedy!maki wrote:The obvious answer is "Excellent Special Animal".
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:26 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Did you go to summer camp?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2869
Re: Did you go to summer camp?
I went to church camp two consecutive years. It was a week long, each time. My parents were the choir directors. It was fun. There was a creek and a swimmin' hole... course I never went in the swimmin' hole... but had a good time along the creek banks.
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Attn. C&F Bestiary Oracle... what creature is this?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2029
Attn. C&F Bestiary Oracle... what creature is this?
From the side view it looks like it could be a griffin or something. It doesnb't look like a dragon, though there is a scaly pattern on the side. I'm pretty sure this critter was seen on some 19th C. European violins. What is it? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Special-Anmial-violin-scroll-4-4-Nice-flamed...
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:02 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Holiday Mystery Poll
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4078
Re: Holiday Mystery Poll
2. for Boxing Day. I have a theory that the bigger the ta-tas are, the more attracted food and beverages are to landing on them. Notice how the guy stayed relatively dry. No, it's not that. It's how hard the clothes are to launder. Ta-ta size is irrelevant, but estrogen may factor in. Trust me on th...
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:57 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Season's Greetings!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1580
Re: Season's Greetings!
Merry Christmas, everybody! Time to don that gay apparel and burn that yule log!
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:42 am
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: New to Hammered Dulcimer and a History Book
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4450
Re: New to Hammered Dulcimer and a History Book
I can't play it by reading music. I have to remember patterns to play it. Yeah, perhaps a more linear and chromatic form, like the German hackbrett or the so-called piano dulcimer would be better for someone interested in sight reading. I've agreed to trade my present cheese slicer to Richard Ash f...
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:10 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: New to Hammered Dulcimer and a History Book
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4450
New to Hammered Dulcimer and a History Book
Hi. I have just taken up the hammered dulcimer, the Anglo-American form, with diatonic G/C/D tuning. It seems like a Reasonable instrument. I'm enjoying it. The Smithsonian Institution has a free book on the American history of the instrument, online, if anyone would like to read it. The Hammered Du...
- Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:20 pm
- Forum: World/Folk Winds
- Topic: How to make an ocarina
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4637
Re: How to make an ocarina
Historic gemshorns only had 4 finger holes and a thumb hole, which meant they only had a very limited range. They are only standardized, today, to the extent that they were revived in modern Germany by recorder players, and thus they tend to be made to approximate modern recorder fingerings, as an a...
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Suppose the U.S. stopped making pennies?
- Replies: 87
- Views: 8347
Re: Suppose the U.S. stopped making pennies?
Officially our monetary system is based on tens.I.D.10-t wrote:I'm still trying to figure out where I can find the 1/10 penny so I can get change back on a gallon of gas.
10 mills = 1 cent
10 cents = 1 dime
10 dimes = 1 dollar
10 dollars = 1 eagle