I'm just speculating - seems to my little mind that the thread would not be as rigid as the Corian & would "go with the flow" so to speak and act as a buffer...
G'day, EFcom, Some of you will know that I'm a wood-be traverso player of some 4 years' standing. I keep a small rotating collection of 19th-century ...
Hi Stefen, let me attempt to throw in a few thoughts on your questions. Others more experienced than me will hopefully correct if wrong and fill in the rest...
Dear Stefen, I am writing out of concern for the rest of your "small rotating collection of 19th-century instruments" with winter coming. There is no such...
Mary Kirkpatrick
mkirk7@...
Oct 28, 2009 8:26 pm
9834
Dear friends, i needed some help from you about the theory and way of making instruments. I am organizing an exposition about a famous bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy...
Years ago I did a little repair work on a 19th-century oboe where the lowest ivory mount, on the rim of the bell, was threaded as you describe. I don't know...
Mary Kirkpatrick
mkirk7@...
Oct 30, 2009 12:06 pm
9836
Hi Castor, A screw-cut, or threaded, system of mounting ivory rings (or "mounts", as they are usually called in Scottish/English/Irish bagpipe jargon) was...
Hi Michael It's been bugging me, but I'm sure I can remember at least one flute where an ivory ferrule was screw mounted. I think it was on the end of a foot,...
Following-up: Upon removing the metal liner and especially after twisting off the silver end rings, the wood relaxed and the crack has closed up to the ...
Hello, all, The seller of a pretty illegibly stamped flute (see "Temp" album) suggests it is an 18th-century instrument, but the style of the smoothly profiled...
I am selling a 'new old stock' von Huene 415 Denner in blackwood and an Adrian Brown's transitional in a figured (curly) maple at 440. Please contact me...
... I seem to remember the Stanesby flute d'amour at the Bate Collection in Oxford has threaded ivory ferrules. This may be the place for a quick explanation...
Ah, got it! Remember I mentioned I'd seen a flute with a threaded arrangement for holding on a foot ring. Found it! It's here for restoration. It's made by...
Hi Stefen, I'm not a flutemaker - so take what I say under advisement, but I've seen info posted on this subject here & there. Check out Terry McGee flutes ...
Just have a moment to thank Michael, Robert, and Terry, and others for their input to the initial interesting post! Robert and I had a very nice day at the...
rod cameron
rcameron@...
Oct 31, 2009 6:32 pm
9845
Hello everyone Someone here may like to get the "On playing the flute" by Quantz. English translation, published in 1966. On Ebay, see item no: 360160565700 ...
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Robert, Thank you for that very informative response. I love the idea of laboratory equipment being made with such old-time techniques. I wonder if that...
Michael and Robert, All interesting! Thank you... You probably both remember seeing in the 18th century woodcuts in "Tournier", and probably elsewhere, ...
rod cameron
rcameron@...
Nov 1, 2009 9:41 pm
9849
... Rod is describing a traversing mandrel lathe. These were the standard screwcutting lathes before Maudsley's machine of about 1800, and they continued to be...
Robert, Perhaps a long way from ivory ferrules, but always fascinating to have your input and depth/width of knowledge! Thank you! Rod ... Roderick Cameron ...
rod cameron
rcameron@...
Nov 1, 2009 10:33 pm
9851
Here is a link to the best picture of an old wood and iron traversing-mandrel headstock I have come across. The page also shows Plumier's threaded mandrel...
Nice, Stephen! A well illustrated overview, thank you! best Rod ... Roderick Cameron rcameron@... PO Box 438 10580 Williams Street Mendocino, CA 95460,...
rod cameron
rcameron@...
Nov 2, 2009 6:41 pm
9853
Thank you very much for all your answers. It seems to be an interesting matter. In Galicia the bagpipe makers never used this kind of threaded arrangements ...
Rod, I know you have been familiar with this mechanism for many years. As to the link of illustrations, I am always baffled by the indicated use of a...
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