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By way of an update...... Many thanks for all the advice and discussion on this. After a lot of head-scratching I think I've finally improved the situation, if not entirely solved the problem. I eventually noticed that the cork in the head was set a long, long way from the embouchure for some reason...

To put the following query in context: I've been playing the flute, on and off - sometimes more off than on - for 50 years, but always a concert Boehm-pattern instrument. I was classically trained, and played from the classical repertoire. In the last month or so however, I've begun playing Irish tr...