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I have a Fred Rose flute in Honduras Mahogany. Light as a feather. Absolutely top level workmanship. Plays very well, gorgeous and lovely sound with easy top seond octave notes. Tell Fred your issue with the low D stretch in an e-mail. I did, he made a flute that I can play without any problem, but ...

The zoom H4 recorder is getting really good reviews.

I have both HiD and lowD Bleazey whistles both in blackwood. Workmanship is really good on both, as good as it gets really, I think. The hiD has a beautiful sound, is easy to play up to the D, in tune all the way, even a bit higher if you want. It takes a bit more air at the top end than most whistl...

One of the problems that come up when buying a headjoint for a silver flute is fitting. The diameters have to be within very close tolerances and flutes vary a bit from maker to maker. You can make a headjoint fit messing around with it but I won't buy one unless I can also get the headjoint maker t...

Mitch;
Interesting. I play Boehm silver flutes. Where did you get your headjoint?
Is it a GUO?

My understanding is that the composite is a metal mixed with a plastic.

Hi; I play Boehm almost exclusively. I do own a good simple system keyless wood flute. Indeed have tried many. But I cannot get on with the small oval embouchure so I end up back on the Boehm. I have owned a wood Boehm flute, a Rudall Carte 1912 model. Great flute but it never really got even close ...

Kevin;
I don't care who is on it. I'll buy it anyway.
Please put me on your list for buying No.4 as soon as it comes out.
You are a champion for all the effort you put into this.

By pharmaceutical I mean edible. Hydrocarbon based oils are generally not. I am told by Phil Bleazey to use Almond oil on the blackwood hi-D whistle I bought from him. He says that some oils are drying type especially Danish and linseed, (both of which are used as furniture oils I think) and he does...

Does anybody have a source of pharmaceutical grade Almond oil in Canada.? Thanx in advance.

I find using the RH pinkie helpful for fast octave changes in G maj, using the cross fingered C Nat, otherwise the whistle sometimes slips.

I am also having second thoughts about using paypal ever again. We sometimes pass considerable sums for buying/selling instruments and I hear of a lot of fraud and other problems going on with paypal. My best guess is to be in touch, personally, with the opposite number, preferably by phone, and tra...

Jon;
Can you briefly describe what is involved in making silver keys, or do you prefer to make them from brass and plate them?
I suppose a jewellary making background would be a good thing for this kind of work.

Kevin;
Praising you for doing all this and keeping it at such a low price is becoming monotonous, but here I go again.
Needless to say my order is in and thanks very much.
These CD's are absolute gems.

Thanks Jumbuck; All that was helpful to my new accompanist.