Flute Photos!!! Come post your flute pictures :)

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:40 am

This thread has been quite, time to wake it up....

<img src="http://www.heorot.org/blog/images/1016200301.jpg" border="1">

A set of <a href="http://www.abellflute.com/whistle.html">Abell</a> whistles; C, Eb, and D.

A six key flute by <a href="http://www.skiphealy.com">Skip Healy</a> in D.

A keyless flute by <a href="http://www.celticlands.com/page3.html">Dave Copley</a> in D.

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 5:03 pm

Geez nice stuff. I do love black. I wish I had a camera but my new Lehart looks just like the one on page one of this thread except no keys.
One of these days I`m going to get a cheepy camera just so I can show some of my stuff.

Tom

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 5:18 pm

Blackbeer wrote:Geez nice stuff. I do love black. I wish I had a camera but my new Lehart looks just like the one on page one of this thread except no keys.
One of these days I`m going to get a cheepy camera just so I can show some of my stuff.

Tom

You could always get a disposable camera. Many places that develop them also provide scanning services now days.

Quality is decent, not great but decent.

Eddie

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 5:29 pm

Heck I never thought of that. I will go on a quest tomorrow. Thanks for the idea.

Tom

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 5:34 pm

Blackbeer wrote:Heck I never thought of that. I will go on a quest tomorrow. Thanks for the idea.

Tom

Make sure I'm right about getting the film scanned at the same time. I know shops do it for standard 35mm film, I assume they'd do so for disposable cameras too.

Eddie

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:08 pm

How do you like the Skip Healy flute?

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:52 pm

jim stone wrote:How do you like the Skip Healy flute?

A great deal. I think it's going to take me a while to learn to use the keys properly. It was an impulse buy because I was in his shop and I had some money available. I'm not really at a level where I need another flute, but then again need is such a vague thing....

The headjoint seems lighter than my Copley, I don't know if that's because of the thickness of the wood or because the Copley is a fully lined headjoint.

The keys are very nice, smooth action and nicely built.

I can't quite make it sound as nice as Skip does yet, give me another 20 years.

Eddie

Doirlinn · Post by **Doirlinn** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:43 am

beowulf573 wrote:
You could always get a disposable camera. Many places that develop them also provide scanning services now days.

I even saw a "disposable digital camera" in a shop the other day! I'm a bit confused by it conceptually, but there it was...

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 6:31 am

Forgive a Flute Newbie(TM) question, but I've noticed many of these keyless flutes pictured have eight holes. How in the world does one reach the 7th and 8th holes on these flutes? The only thing I could come up with was using a small child to cover the 7th hole when you press down on her left foot and the 8th when you press down on her right...

skh · Post by **skh** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 6:50 am

Leave that girl alone, these holes are not to be covered.

Historically, they used to have keys attached, so that a "D" flute would have C# and C as well. For some reason, keyless flutes are built with the "original" long foot, even if there are no keys any more. I assume it affects tone and (mechanical) balance of the instrument. Someone else will have to comment on that.

cheers,

Sonja

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:47 am

Doirlinn wrote: I even saw a "disposable digital camera" in a shop the other day! I'm a bit confused by it conceptually, but there it was...

That's cool, I've not seen those before. Although it seems a bit of a waste.

Eddie

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:48 am

skh wrote:Leave that girl alone, these holes are not to be covered.

Historically, they used to have keys attached, so that a "D" flute would have C# and C as well. For some reason, keyless flutes are built with the "original" long foot, even if there are no keys any more. I assume it affects tone and (mechanical) balance of the instrument. Someone else will have to comment on that.

cheers,

Sonja

My understanding is similar, makers still include the C# and C positions for

1) aesthetic reasons

2) physically balancing the flute

3) the whole vent the low E and D giving it a better tone.

Don't know if any of the above are actually true, though.

Eddie

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:51 am

skh wrote:I assume it affects tone and (mechanical) balance of the instrument. Someone else will have to comment on that.

Yes, many folks believe it gives extra fullness to the tone to have the extended foot, but you need the holes so the sounding length is correct. Otherwise your scale would be CEF#...., skipping C# and D altogether.

Of course, other people think the shorter foot sounds just as nice, and some people like one or the other mostly because of looks. What, you expect people to actually agree on these things??

In short, skh is right -- let the poor kid listen to the tunes, but she doesn't need to participate (although of course it would be great to get her hooked now).

Steven

Steven · Post by **Steven** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:52 am

Beowulf, quit posting while I'm still typing! No fair!

Steven

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 9:27 am

Steven wrote:Beowulf, quit posting while I'm still typing! No fair!

Steven

I'm just glad I was right! I hate posting something only to find out a few minutes later I was way off base.

Eddie

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