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I am not getting it. Do you mean to tell me that with just your right hand thumb and your mouth that you can balance the flute? How is this possible? I would like to see pictures of this if anyone has any. well, i'm not a Rockstro player, so these could be completely wrong, but here's how i would i...

You appear to have what I've always heard called "clarinetist's thumb", in which the afflicted's thumb bends quite unnaturally far in the *wrong* direction at the first joint who? me? unnatural? :-) if you think *i'm* odd, look at these pics of Hariprasad Chaurasia: http://www.mondomix.co...

fwiw, here's a top view: http://www.pacificsites.com/~dog/tmp/pipers-top.jpg the fingers are pretty much right over the tone holes: middle pads of index & middle fingers, and end pad of ring fingers. for me this is a completely relaxed position. note that i rotate the left & right hand secti...

[...], the silver flute quickly told me how lazy my lip had gotten! how so Cathy? in what way "lazy"? what did you need to do differently for Boehm flute? i just speculated in the "good tone" thread that classical flute technique may be quite different from some forms of "I...

some newbie thoughts on tone. feedback eagerly requested. it's the breath, silly!: an easy, even & solid flow of air is a essential part of good tone. this does not seem to me to be very volitional. part of what blowing long tones does is to give the muscles which control breath time to learn th...

are there enough C&F folks going to this to try to meet somewhere for some flute show & tell? Nelson- thanks so much for your kind offer to delay flute gratification. i'd quite enjoy checking out your Gallagher, but are you sure you want the tender young thing exposed to the big wide world s...

is it possible that burrs, etc, were intended as a *solution* to problems of wood/metal expansion & contraction? they would seem to allow some room for wood/metal to move w/out the slide falling out. perhaps the wood was bored slightly larger than the metal slide, held in by the burrs, but w/ so...

treeshark wrote:Is he a she? In which case a Transverstite. Oops that was bad.

LOL! yes, that was *very* bad, in a good sort of way.

:-) /dan

i like Barry's "Tipple-Tooter", or perhaps "The Tipple-Tooter Man". or just "Mr. Toot" for short. & Loren: it's not exactly disturbing, but the "catch me if you can" look seems somewhat provocative. reminds me a bit of a male praying mantis. :-) nice work ...

The M&E R&R is quite heavy with thick walls. [...]I don't think it weights too much for comfort, rather it gives a very sturdy feeling. i agree that my original M&E is not too heavy, and the higher inertia vs other flutes gives it a nice, solid feel in the hands. it did take me longer t...

is the M&E R&R as sleek and lightweight as a Seery? the original M&E is relatively large & heavy vs Seery. also fwiw, you might consider one of Jon C's R&R based flutes in delrin. mine is amazingly good, quite sleek, very reasonable $, & "made in the USA". enjoy! /dan

ran across this page on oils for bamboo a while back. the info seems applicable to wooden flutes generally. a fascinating site overall, with lots of interesting bits about flute acoustics:

http://www.navaching.com/shaku/oil.html

enjoy! /dan

Bang, [...]if a tape measure's accurate enough I'm willing to give it a try... my curiosity is satisfied by David Levine's "Rudall based" estimation. thanks David. Heck. I don't know, I just try to play 'em. :D thanks for sharing your player's perspective Cathy. playing is what it's all a...

many thanks for the pix Cathy. very pretty, esp. the Hammy, imho. on first glance, the holes in the foot of the Murray suggest Rudall (& Carte?) influence. anyone w/ more experience care to comment? couple more ?s if you have time: what's the outside diameter of the headjoint? (i'm assuming insi...

where do Murray flutes sit in the Rudall-Pratten continuum? large or small bore/toneholes? many of my favorite players have Murrays & i quite like the range of tones they seem to produce. is there much variation in sound from one Murray to another?

tia! /dan