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These are clarinet pads you're using? Or something else? Are you using shellac or a glue to float your pads? I think with shellac stick I tend to use less and thus the result is less 'bulky'. Less messy too. Vaughan Hi, I'm sure these are flute pads - they are white leather instead of the brown cla...

I use a leather 3mm (thick) pad but if ever they are too big (and they often are) I "unpick" the back, carefully remove the card backing and shave 1mm or so with a very sharp blade from the felt then reglue it back to the same form providing me with a 2mm thick pad. I've found this much e...

Incredible work. You're really patient detailing all of the positions of the keys before taking them off.

Now I know where I'm going wrong. I always end up with an Ikea dilemma with a spare grub screw, even attempting a repair on a one keyed flute

Can anyone recommend a good shop which sells 2mm leather pads from 9mm - 18mm? I bought some off a shop in England and they are all too big at 3mm, jamming the key mechanism for my simple system flute. Maybe I am doing this wrong and should try the Prestini type? The tone holes seem to leak with the...

Of course, I doubt that a traverso would have been heard in that huge ensemble. Perhaps why they went for a modern flute. Nothing wrong with mic'g traverso, along with mic'g the harpsichord and cello. All can be heard in a larger concert venue :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXhRHf1rhZw His phra...

Thanks Hp - yes I've neglected the flute for many months...and then switching over to a low Bb flute, it's doing exactly that..dialling in and out but getting no ring tone! The lowest note ...is the biggest problem! I can't get that blasted middle finger, ring finger of the right hand (R2,R3) covere...

understood :party: The problems with half-holing, especially if you're reaching for the 3rd octave tend to show its strain with the lack of true venting. Are you playing mostly celtic music? I guess that doesn't go much into the 3rd octave realm. Actually I was just working on Christopher Ball's mus...

Yes...the long C natural key and the long F key are the 2x extra keys over the 4 key design. This makes sufficient tonal shading (or unveiling) significant enough for me. The cross-fingered C [oxxooo] is fine, although choosing between this and a C natural key is even finger! So the C natural key, a...

Hi Peter, I'm referring to the reed for the small pipes/Northumberland/Scottish lowland according to the cane reed makers. Not the fingering, style or actual bagpipes. Just the reed. I've just left for work this week. Won't get home till the weekend. The reed's entrance into the chanter is around 5m...

I've seen threads asking about advice for keyed flutes, but I figured it'd be nice to have a survey of who uses what. For me, 0. But I'm thinking of getting a 6 keyed flute soon-ish. I like the one key traverso - very elegant and interesting to use one key for complete chromatism! My favourite flut...

Thanks Ian/Richard, Yes these are the same as Northumbrian or Lowland small pipes. They're good for chamber music only, not too loud. Problem is there is no maker's names on the pipes. I knew this would happen one day and kind of dreaded it. The reed is about 5mm wide and is expertly bound in copper...

Hi, my small pipe reed (key of D) has split and I can't get a sound out of it. I can't see any in my local shop - can anyone recommend a proper reed one online? I don't need the 3 drone reeds but if they are cheap enough maybe it's worth getting the whole lot replaced at the same time. It's about 5 ...

5099 looked really unusual. Like a D foot with a steroid extension into the bass/alto register! But with the flexibility of a standard bore and finger stretch in the main register and a more ? recent serial number? Incredible how crafty the worksmanship on these flutes look. The bakelite Boosey look...

It has a great reedy tone :thumbsup: Its tuning sounds reasonable - probably better than all the old 150 year old models..! I presume the rounded end caps have just not been finished in the mopane (?) prototype, since all the other Boosey & Hawkes Pratten Perfecteds have rounded crowns and foot ...

Beautiful music - are these F and D styles different from your own reproductions of the original Boosey & Hawkes? I have a Boosey keyed Pratten Perfected in D (just me...useless right hand can't cover toneholes without keys) and Siccama grasshopper footjoint (no pewter plugs). I guess they aren'...