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Hey Corin, I recently bought a Radcliffe and had it sent to a repairman, so if you're really dying for pics, I can send you some by email. (And prolly post some antique flute PrOn for the masses, once I find a host) Beyond all that, I hope to document the pain that is getting a 19C flute repaired an...

Checking out my embouchure in the mirror, I notice that I have the "cupid's bow" lips, and it's difficult to get the top lip straight - my natural embouchure opening is more like a little upward facing crescent rather than the oval that the books talk about. Could this be part of the prob...

Well, I wonder how this compares with a soprano D whistle. It was certainly loud, though I suppose one could play it softly, and the tone was impressive. Well, do these serve as whistles? Do they sound like whistles or even better? Because these things cost about 105, I think, maybe 110, and could ...

What kind of gigs attract you to an ebonite Readcliffe system flute? Well, the Radcliffe is a good compromise. I play Boehm and while the band plays mostly traditional stuff, it's often transposed into keys that just work better. From what I can remember from a foggy memory of flutes long past, the...

You can also use a non-self stick postage stamp, which can be easily removed with a bit of water. Players of metal flutes do this quite often on the embrochure plate to keep the flute from slipping out from under lips if they're particularly sweaty. For the beater flute I play outside in some real h...

[Wow, my apologies - I really futzed that first one. No more posting for me when it's way past my bedtime!] :oops: Thanks so much for the responses. I finally got a reply and the shipping will be far less than I had thought and it will be invoiced as an antique. Now that it's back in the realm of th...

Hello all, Hate to bust into the thick of things without a formal introduction, but I assume (hope) extreme flute lust counts as extra points. I've found my personal Grail (ebonite Radcliffe - yeah, I'm an odd duck) and after muchos e-mails, there's an agreement to send from Europe to the US. Not ha...