Dear Javier,
Rod has, as always, provided very good, reliable and well explained information regarding the cork position and other octave difficulties.  If I may add one further detail that has been of help to me which is to get the 'G' octaves in-tune.  On many pre-1750 traversos, of which your Hotteterre is an excellent example, if you set the cork so that the 'D' octaves are completely comfortable, the 'G' octaves will almost always be very wide.  On later, narrower-bored 18th century flutes like the CA Grenser, one often needs to tune the 'D' octaves slightly on the high-side so that the high 'G' is not too flat.  This being said, if you have no need to play very often in the 3rd octave, then I would just set the cork so that the 'D' octaves are perfectly comfortable for you.  On a personal note, I've used my own Cameron-Hotteterre to play operas of Rameau and Gluck which generally have very high tessituras and it worked beautifully and easily. I hope this is of some help and doesn't just make things more confusing!
Best,
Colin

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De : Javier Gelati <jgelati@yahoo.com.ar>
À : Early Flute <earlyflute@yahoogroups.com>; Flutemakers Group <flutemakers@yahoogroups.com>
Envoyé le : Jeudi, 9 Juillet 2009, 12h13mn 43s
Objet : [earlyflute] Position of the cork in Hotteterre traverso

¿Could anybody tell me which is the aproximately position of the cork (the distance between the cork and the center of the embouchure hole) in a Hotteterre (Graz, pitch 392)?  This will help me a lot. I´ve been trying for months and It´s still uncertain to me.  Thanks in advance,     Javier Gelati tel: (011) 4864 6384 cel.: (011) 155 376 7738

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