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jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:06 pm

Whatever KC is doing with his thumb - and I agree it seems to be a little further up-tube than in orthodox classical hold, but it is still under the flute - his L hand fingers are nothing like Door-Man's! The latter's are pretty flat in something like what Rob Sharer wants us to call "Irish" fashion (and his thumb is well to the outer side of his flute), whereas KC's are very steepled and he almost certainly (one cannot actually see) has the flute tucked against the base of L1 fairly much in "Rockstro" fashion. Whether the picture is an accurate depiction of a model is, as always with iconographic evidence, an open question!

(N.B. I am not intending here in any way to pass value-judgments or re-open old debates on the merits or otherwise of any particular hold variant: I'm only discussing what actually appears in the visual evidence before us.)

brotherwind · Post by **brotherwind** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:18 pm

jemtheflute wrote: (N.B. I am not intending here in any way to pass value-judgments or re-open old debates on the merits or otherwise of any particular hold variant: I'm only discussing what actually appears in the visual evidence before us.)

Don't worry. I was only referring to KC's thump. Anyways, the rest looks more like classical Rockstroh .

MarkP · Post by **MarkP** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:40 pm

Hi

can anyone identify or comment on this? German maybe? Late C19th maybe?

Cheers

jemtheflute · Post by **jemtheflute** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:13 am

Hi MarkP - yes, definitely a German late C19th-early C20th job, or as near definite as can be without any maker's stamp etc. to confirm provenance. This style of flute was really only made in Germany and Austria/Hungary. (They turn up from makers in what is now the Czech Republic.... really a contiguous zone of manufacture with the south German one.) From what can be discerned from photos, it looks like a tidy example that has been restored to playability? Seems to have slightly larger than average R hand tone-holes for a flute of this style. Without getting to play it, impossible to say more. Some of these turn out to be really nice players; others are awful, of which some can be improved with embouchure modification and other tweaks and others are unredeemable...... out of tune notes, ill-set up keywork, muffled tone, etc. Having or lacking a maker's stamp is no guide to likely quality.

Is it yours? If so, how does it play? Can you post a sound clip?

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:33 pm

I thought I should post these before I forget I had them.

1830's 8-key cocus, attributed to Wylde

Berti66 · Post by **Berti66** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:58 pm

This topic could not have been christened any better than the flute lichen thread....... *drool*

berti

brotherwind · Post by **brotherwind** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:31 pm

Aanvil wrote:I thought I should post these before I forget I had them.

1830's 8-key cocus, attributed to Wylde

Wow, nice photos Aanvil. Beautifull. How's the sound. Any clips handy?

Cheers,

Moritz

kkrell · Post by **kkrell** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:50 pm

Aanvil wrote:I thought I should post these before I forget I had them.

1830's 8-key cocus, attributed to Wylde

Very nice. I wonder if mine could EVER look as good.

Kevin Krell

Marta · Post by **Marta** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:16 am

Yay!

My Cochran flute arrived today!

All in Delrin.

mahanpots · Post by **mahanpots** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:45 pm

Marta,

I like the chair, too.

My Olwell Pratten. I've wrapped where a crack developed after I sat on the flute.

Michael

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:45 pm

Marta wrote:Yay!

My Cochran flute arrived today!

All in Delrin.

Hey there Marta!

I was lucky to get chance to play that right out of the oven before it knew you were going to adopt it.

Its quite a strong player. I wanted to keep it.

MarkP · Post by **MarkP** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:08 pm

Hi

quiz of the day...

anyone recognise this maker's mark? (8 key, probably German, about 100 years old, the words read 'TRADE MARK' in English).

irish69 · Post by **irish69** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:52 pm

mahanpots wrote:Back in '03, I visited Ireland for the first time and came across this flute player in Quilty. Anybody know anything about him? Notice the thumb position on his left hand.

Michael

Thats actually how I hold my flute. My teacher recommended I hold it like that. We both have small hands and he found that if you hold it the standard way it limits the movement on the left hand fingers. By holding it that way you can get more movement naturally.

bence marosan · Post by **bence marosan** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:20 pm

Aanvil wrote:I thought I should post these before I forget I had them.

1830's 8-key cocus, attributed to Wylde

Oh, my Sweetness! What a piece of beauty!

Anzer · Post by **Anzer** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:36 pm

Hi guys,

I cant seem to be able to upload pics into a message...any tips?

Cheers,

Anzer

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