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I think it was a collaborative effort with multiple whistles. In Return of the King, Sir James Galway plays high whistle and flute, and Jan Hendrickse played low whistle. Alan Doherty of Grada and aldoc was the whistle player credited on the LOTR, The Fellowship of the Rings, soundtrack: https://www...

Heading to see Van Morrison at the Greek next week in LA, and I see there is a session not too far from my Aunt's house in Thousand Oaks, but it's in what seems like a unique venue...a British Expat Club - the Mayflower Club. Anyone been there? The info on their site mentions they are still masking ...

Just fyi for anyone else heading to Chicago. The session on Thursdays is definitely open, very friendly, and was a nice small group (me plus 4 others) the night I was there. Fun pub but do yourself a favor and do not get the fish and chips...worst I have ever, ever had (they make Long John Silvers s...

Nice find! They can definitely hold their own in a session if your embouchure is good. Tom is right about tuning and all. Are you planning to send it off for renovation and a custom headjoint?

Eric

JD rocked it! This looks superb:

JD...send me the pic and I'll host it online...I'm curious to see what you've got going on!

Eric

I also have a chronic problem with playing too flat on any and every of the direct-blown wind instruments I’ve used. I compensated for it in the hardware when I was a kid (extra short barrel on my clarinet, short staples on oboe reeds) and finally realized what was causing the problem quite a while...

Beautiful for sure!

I've done some digging on the session, and it appears there is an open session Thursday nights at either the Galway Arms or the Irish Center. However, I want to make sure these are both still up and running post COVID and open to players dropping in. Also, times would be good for the Galway Arms ses...

Eric,

Somehow I missed the initial posting! Either that, or being a long-term standard hold person (since day 1), I passed over it for someone else to answer. I hope you're getting along well with your keyed flute and found the best hold for you.

Also Eric

I've had it happen before both on a delrin flute and a wooden flute. I doubt you did anything wrong and just lean towards the theory it sometimes happens and it's expected maintenance at some point. Corks and pads (on a keyed flute) are like tires and mufflers on cars...at some point they'll be repl...

I think that Michael only makes the R&R model flute these days...at least I've not seen anything new from him in quite some time. I do recall he called the R&R model the new model when they started making them, though, but their original model is long gone.

Eric

They can for sure honk, and the tuning is usually quite good! I've had three over the years, one F&P, an E. Baack and an FHP. All excellent flutes.

Eric

What a fun opportunity to compare and contrast such great flutes!

Eric

Thank you all for you input. On the Copley, is the hole spacing reasonable for a person with average size hands? I understand he can make accommodations but I think I would prefer it without special modifications. I have bog standard, average hands and find the Copley really easy on my hands. Eric