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On my personal webpage I have posted two files that may be of interest to members of the Chiff and Fipple Irish flute community. One is my flute buyer's guide. The other file gives instructions on how to make a simple, 6-hole Irish flute from PVC. While I understand that my views on either of these ...

I have a friends from Europe who drink wine every day, and I have asked them to save me their used wine corks. However, used wine corks have been removed from the wine bottle with a cork screw, which often damanges the cork. I remedy that with the following method. First I cut the wine cork in 1/2&q...

A loose cork can easily be tightened by wrapping it with masking or drafting tape and cutting off the edges with an x-acto knife. The cork will still have its compressibility, and you can make it as tight as you want. The back side of the tape will slide smoothly in the flute body. To make a new sto...