... I got supplies of that some time back, and I'm sure there are better looking ivory substitutes now! Terry Terry McGee 61 Calder Crescent, Holder ACT 2611...
Dear early flutists, A few days ago, while browsing for flute music in the Bärenreiter edition of Telemann's works, I came across the four volume set of ...
I think these are the pieces that Telemann says can be played as trio sonatas with an instrument taking the voice part. I read through some years ago and...
Dear Kevin, When I started playing with two friends of mine (one is a harpsichord player, the other one a singer/recorder player), there was one piece I wanted...
Dear Joost and Harry, thank you for your feedback and encouragement. I was not aware of the new fascimile edition by Fuzeau (then again, I didn't even know of...
... Thank you for drawing attention to "Der harmonische Gottesdienst". I have been playing "Ihr Völker Hört" with a mezzo-soprano soloist from a modern ...
there's also the continuation of this set which is for TWO obligato instruments, voice and continuo. The whole set was edited by Jeanne Swack and published by ...
Hi everyone, I've been reading about lined headjoints. There's lots of information about these, but not about lined bodies. I'm curious to know if, when, and...
... (since nobody took this, i'll try an amateuristic response) Susan, i doubt it would work with Baroque or Classical flutes because of the complex conical...
Hi 'g' Thanks very much for your interesting response. You made some good points. Best wishes, Susan Susan Maclagan Winnipeg, Canada ... (since nobody took...
... You're welcome. Do you think Quantz was referring to lined heads or lined bodies? Do you knoe of any concrete example of lined body? The only conical metal...
Hi 'g', ... lined bodies? Probably heads. In "The Early Flute" by Solum on page 64-5, Solum refers to that quote when he is talking about lined head pieces. ...
... Before we get too far into another thread, I would like once again to express my gratitude to those who responded to my query about Telemann's "Der...
Is there an accepted technique for extending flutes at the head to body joint? I have worked out (with confirmation from Terry McGee's new measurement system)...
... I'll be interested to hear if anyone has a good solution to this. I can visualise a turned metal sleeve that has a short trough for thread out front of the...
... body ... to A ... around A ... makes it ... wrap ... would be a ... between the ... procedures ... loan). ... ..... "but for some reason"? seems to me to...
I was messing around with my Mozart stuff tonight and i was rather surprised to see that i could play most of the G major concerto on my Grenser 1-key without...
... Thanks! Is there anything he didn't record? Fluteworld.com has the quartets. I'm still looking for the Harmonia Mundi one. A Google search brings a few...
On Tue, 11 May 2004, tw45ph wrote: ¤ Is there any sign of any alteration since the birth of the item? ¤ Could it have been shortened slightly to mend a...
... shortening ... involve ... a ... an inch. ... have ... craftsmen ... was ... workshop ... actually made ... what. ... flute ... of this ... How well do the...
... There's no evidence for that. The peculiarity Tacye is reporting is the norm, not the exception for English flutes. If we found a flute in good tune when...
... is the ... good ... signs of ... How does the tuning relate the length? My understanding of this was that Tacye's tuning assumption derives directly from...
... It was. You bought the model with the tuning slide. Then you could pull it out a long way and find a place where the flute is in tune. For the "Improved...
This actually makes sense- your modern flute is in tune (nearly) pushed in so can't play particularly sharp. In a culture where pitch was more variable, and...