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Skip Healy with no question! Not even mentioned in 8 pages. Holy moly! Then Chris Norman and then long time favorite James Galway.

up for sale is a forbes delrin flute, less than a year old, rarely played. solid flute. comes w/ rings, fixed cork, carry pouch, and xtra o-ring. like new condition. asking $340 or b/o, plus postage. soundclips can be arranged or you could go on forbes website and listen to the clips found there. t...

Jay - I have a Hoza flute in D. It's one of his earlier ones and is soft sounding - not too loud as I play it. I sent it off to Mark to redo it but he said "I don't make that flute anymore" and sent it back to me. I sent it off to to another maker who redid the embouchure. It plays much be...

I've been noticing a number of players position of the flute on the lower lip. I play with the flute just about on line with the lower lip separation from the chin spot. I've seen players rest the flute ON the lower lip fleshy part. I had asked Skip Healy about this and he rests the flute on the fle...

I've learned quite a few tunes now, but I'm not very happy with them. Also my cuts and rolls are coming on okay, but playing is still a frustrating experience. I think in my case it's to do with flow - because my embouchure is still developing (and will be for several more years they tell me!) I ha...

. . .you do a glottal stop 'tween every five words in conversation.

I also play both. An embouchure seems to be an embouchure which ever flute you're playing. Simple adjustments and voila! I get a little frustrated with the simply system since it is primarily G, D and A - or whatever the flute is keyed in. I like to get with the chromatic now and again and so switch...

Isn't THIS the flute forum?

I did some research: Tongue oil Q: We think we want wide plank flooring w/o a polyurethane finish – a manufacturer has recommended sealing with tongue oil after staining. Is this acceptable? A: An oil finish is ok. Nice look. But it takes a lot more care and maintenance to keep it looking good. Why ...

I currently play Blackwood, Mopane and Box wood with no reactions at all. I did play a Rosewood fife some years ago that made my lips begin to "tingle" so I stopped playing it. I recall playing a flute recently that had been rubbed down, on the outside, with Tongue Oil and that caused a si...

I found that when I recorded myself one tune at a time I got heebies also. I decided to turn on the mini and let it continue recording until I was finished with however long a portion of play/practice was. The heebies left because I was not pushing for THAT ONE recording. I then sit back, relax, don...

I played a fife since I was a kid - about kuma;dfgi years ago - and we then played McDonagh fifes, super fifes. We graduated to Ferrary. WOW! What a fife! I was into collecting fifes from wherever, eBay and antique shops. I have three Ferrarys, two Bb and one experimental A he gave me on one of my v...

Henke - a great listen, Thanx.

Great thread! On this side of the Pond we call them Fife and Drum Corps and/or Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps. There sometimes was a Glochenspiel added. My first taste of playing music was in a Boy Scout Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps (with a Gloch.). Although we also played Bb instruments the sound was som...

First, welcome, Levente. Second: when one of twins finally left for his own place we changed his room into a music room. Small through rug, two book cases and a cabinet. It rocks. BUT, I sometime drift into the living room for the softened effect. In the music room the dog howled but not in the livi...