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Hi guys ! i weighted both flutes ( same material - blackwood and both 6 keyed); murray's weight is 352 g and lehart's weight is 401 g. about 3th octave; well i play very rare high c or higher notes ( i need it when play high jig or golden eagle horpipe ) but my impresion is that you will achive 3 rd...

hi ! i went in oposite way, from gilles lehart flute to sam murray ....... now, i have both flutes but murray is my main flute. first of all lehart flute is great value for money, great tone and post mounted keywork ..... and very short delivery time ( 2-3 months) and constant quality in production....

some of great belfast flute players ( michael clarkson and desy adams) play now geert flutes ( michael his standard rudall model and desy his pratten model). both of them used to play sam murray flutes before. michael ballati, great player from italy also play geert flute. i tried some of geert flut...

hi mattias !
i have a 4 keyed ( no f long and c key) m&e polymer flute which i want to sell. i live in croatia.
if you are interested contact me privately .......
marin

Sam Murray is retired now. But question is does his son or Sean Murray continue with his work .... ?
Marin

maybe it could be made as one piece middle part. what i know that paul o'shaughnessy olwell nicholson flute also have two piece middle part, so that was reason for my statement. here is also link for olwell 'birthday flute' with two piece middle part some time ago..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Patric...

jim, nicholson flute have two piece middle part, not one .....
marin

harry bradley first album
marcas o'murchu first album
harry bradley and michael clarskson album

marin

Thanks a lot Peter !
Marin

Does someone maybe know proper name for second jig also ...?
It sound familiar to me .......
Marin

neither muireann have name for those polkas ( at least for first one...)
here is her answer for question about name for very first polka at your link ....

Hi Marin, we call it Polca Dhálaigh after an accordion player from the Blasket Islands called Muiris "Dealaí" Ó Dálaigh

marin

thank you a lot, peter !
marin

at concert in roma harry bradley played this tune:
4/4 measure; D major
second part:
fg I afed bafe I adfd edAF I DFAF DFAd I fdgf e2 fg I ........
first part start as: fe I d2 B2 A4 I BFAF D4 I .......
does someone knows name of this tune ..... ?
thank you in advance, marin

you be able to find it on ebay.co.uk .......
see: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... n&_sacat=0

marin

please, check your e mail.
regards, marin