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Here's some pics showing how it works (not the best images, I found these online prior to seeing Wanderer's post)

I tried to look up the Patent but evidently it's quite a process. When I googled 'nicholas alberti flute" what came up was a Piccolo he made with his Patent double-tube system, from the Dayton Miller Collection in the Library of Congress. I wonder what happened to the flute?? https://www.loc.go...

It's a great idea, but you're 110 years late. It's been done and patented: US Patent no. 1,103,462 (1914) "An interesting attempt to adapt to unstable pitch levels was made by Nicholas Alberti in 1914. He devised a flute with a rotating inner tube whereby the instrument could transpose itself f...

I think people make too much of an issue out of Just Intonation v Equal Temperament thing. Even on the Uilleann pipes, where you don't have an embouchure, the difference is negligible and within the range you can adjust with blowing. My uilleann chanters and my flutes can be played to perfect ET yet...

These Native American flutes are essentially giant whistles with drones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD5He0d3IFk Then there's a quite different approach where you divide the octave between the two hands. There's plenty of iconography concerning the extinct British double-chanter bagpipe which app...

Thanks for the link. It seems like every tune has multiple names, and sometimes a name is used for different tunes. That makes it difficult for the likes of me sometimes. Right, it would only be with a recently-composed tune that you would have a 1:1 relationship tune:title but even then the tune w...

I think most professional musicians (I'm thinking flute, clarinet, sax players mostly) play instruments that are efficient, that is, giving you more with you putting in less. Their instruments are tools for doing their job, and saddling themselves with a "stuffy horn" that you have to forc...

Here's sheet music to a large number of slightly different versions.

They say they have 25 different names for that tune. I know it as An Gille Ruadh.

https://thesession.org/tunes/566

I do know one Irish fluter who keeps his lower-hand little finger anchored fulltime, even when playing E. I just don't have much range of motion or dexterity with my ring finger if my little finger is anchored. What works for me is keeping the lower-hand little finger off for E and F# and anchored f...

Oh one thing about "flat sets" they're not just D pipes made bigger; flat chanters have a smaller-diameter bore in relation to their length than ordinary D chanters do, which gives flat pipes their distinctive darker tone. To confuse things more, there are "narrow bore D chanters"...

Excuse my ignorance but what do you mean by flat sets? It's interesting that many of the older sets of Uilleann pipes, say from the early 19th century, are much lower than D. Often their pitches don't exactly correspond to any modern pitch (based on A=440) and they can range from around B-flat all ...

My Goldie Mezzo/Alto F measures at 18.16mm. My Goldie Low D measures at 21.8mm while the Low E (natural) Overton I used to have measured 21.9mm. My Alba Low E (natural) measures 18.4mm and is a very sweet player. An example of how wide-bore Burkes are for a given size is the Burke Mezzo/Alto F that ...

Also helpful if you are playing in a group with a singer, since they tend to find keys that suit their voice, not stick to D, G, Am, etc. Right, back years ago when I was doing "legit" gigs regularly I had whistles in every Chromatic key including B, Ab, Gb, and Db. Because guitarists hav...

Ginsberg full set US only, seller says needs some maintenance. David I read the listing, which blatantly violates Ebay policies, so I reported the sale to Ebay. Though it has a $4990 Buy It Now with Free Shipping, in the listing the seller says that if the sale happens on Ebay the price is $6000. H...

Yes getting a Goldie Narrow Bore Low D is on my bucket list!

BTW Byll I don't know how your name is supposed to be pronounced but in my head I'm pronouncing it to rhyme with the last syllable of Llanfairpwll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM