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- Tue May 21, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Kingwood
- Replies: 5
- Views: 277
Re: Kingwood
I love working kingwood. It's not quite as tight-grained and oily as blackwood, but most of it is pretty close. One thing I have found is that its properties aren't as consistent as blackwood or boxwood. I got a big board several years ago that I'm still working through. It's maybe the prettiest woo...
- Fri May 17, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: question: nutmeg
- Replies: 8
- Views: 201
Re: question: nutmeg
Thanks for the ideas, folks. I'll give some of 'em a try.
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:08 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: question: nutmeg
- Replies: 8
- Views: 201
question: nutmeg
I cook a lot of Indian food, so use a lot of spices. I grind most of them -- cardamom, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cloves . . . I have a coffee grinder with three cups, one of which I use to grind spices. It works great. A few years ago someone gave me a bottle of whole nutmegs. I don't bake much, s...
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: corned beef
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1150
Re: corned beef
I think my big problem had been that I didn't have weights on the kraut, so it was hit-and-miss whether anything floated up to the top and did an aerobic fermentation. I recently got some glass weights designed for wide-mouth Ball Jars, and have successfully made kraut and pickles. Both a little sal...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Aulos Stanesby Flute
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1194
Re: Aulos Stanesby Flute
Playing the baroque flute in tune is all about lipping. The embouchure needs to be small but VERY flexible. Pancelt's advice about rolling the flute is good, as is the alternate fingering from Fintano. After years of playing, I do all the adjustment of the attack angle by directing the airstream rat...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Sam Murray - RIP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1494
Re: Sam Murray - RIP
Damn, I'm sorry to hear that.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Somers flute blows flat
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11334
Re: Somers flute blows flat
Is this your first Prattens type flute? Initially playing flat on a large hole/large bore flute is not uncommon for those coming from “smaller” flutes. This would be particularly true if you tend flat on those smaller flutes but don’t realize it because you have been adjusting with the slide. I nev...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Wobbly embouchure due to sweating (and how to deal with it?)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 944
Re: Wobbly embouchure due to sweating (and how to deal with it?)
I generally wear a beard in the winter but not the summer. Like others, I feel that the beard definitely helps the flute from sliding on my lower lip. But I can't stand having a beard in the hot humid mid-Atlantic summer. So I wear a soul patch year round. Keeps the rest of my face from sweating in ...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: corned beef
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1150
Re: corned beef
Just got a kit with fermentation locks, weights, and a masher for making kraut. I'll start tomorrow.
I've tried natural pickles a few times with no success, so I'll try those too.
I've tried natural pickles a few times with no success, so I'll try those too.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Somers flute blows flat
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11334
Re: Somers flute blows flat
The seller got back to me, and he didn't notice the flute blowing flatter than any of his other flutes, so either he subconsciously adjusted something, or it's just me. Is this your first Prattens type flute? Initially playing flat on a large hole/large bore flute is not uncommon for those coming f...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: OK, now I've seen everything
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1204
Re: OK, now I've seen everything
I guess once he heard the Pennywhistle Sessions, he figured the shak was the next logical progression. ; )
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:17 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: corned beef
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1150
corned beef
I wanna give a shout out to Ben, who had a thread a few years ago about making reuben sandwiches from scratch. That motivated me to start corning my own beef. The stuff in the store is too fatty for me, so I start with eye round, which isn't a great cut of meat for most purposes, but makes wonderful...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Moisture
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9792
Re: Flute Moisture
I'm a wet player. Irish flute, baroque flute, whistle, heck even when I played the clarinet. I've been playing flute for 20 years and don't expect to outgrow it. I pre-warm the head of whatever I'm playing. A few minutes under my arm warms it up nicely. I swab the head out after about 5 minutes of p...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:04 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Weights Sticky
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4761
Re: Flute Weights Sticky
Thanks for adding those guys. Bet you’re having fun with that C foot Charlie! It's fun and frustrating at the same time. I have very little experience with 8-keys, and those were all Rudall-Rose style (or whatever the word is for that), while this is Boehm-style. I MUCH prefer Aaron's design, but i...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flute Weights Sticky
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4761
Re: Flute Weights Sticky
I just got the new C foot for my Olwell, so here are the measurements with the C foot and the old one-key foot Maker Name: Patrick Olwell Maker’s model type designation: medium-holed (aka Nicholson) Material type: boxwood Headjoint: partially lined with slide (aka French style) Rings: Silver Number ...