Hello, Best Wishes to you All! Sometime before Christmas I thought I posted a message here, but it seems not to have actually happened. Hmmm, I'm not very...
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know anything about the palissandre 6-key Kirst flute that also has a C-foot, Nr. 1142 in the Bate Collection? And who might copy...
Hi Jim, Bate 1142 doesn't have a D-foot, AFAIK: the checklist's "+ C-foot" is a little misleading in this regard. The keys are the usual English configuration...
Hello Ardal! Happy New Year! You are correct, Palisander is one of the many 'rosewoods' Friedrich used to offer a Kirst one-key which I believe was modeled on...
rod cameron
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Jan 5, 2007 1:41 am
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Hello I am offering a Kirst flute modelled after a private original which is of ebony, having 6 1/2 keys (c, b, g#, 2 f on one hole, eb, d#) + register. Based...
What happened to the simple system flute after the introduction of Boehm's flutes in 1832 and 1847? Mostly, nothing. They continued as they were. But there...
Dear Rick and all One developement worth to consider after Boehm's flute of 1847 is the simple system flutes constructed with cylindrical bore, parabolic...
... Yes, I remember your comment. I can think of two types of cylindrical flutes with 'parabolic' heads that attempt to RETAIN THE EIGHT KEYS of the common ...
Regarding my comment on the Kirst originals that I have examined, I hasten to include this prompt and good interchange from Barbara Kallaur, who is thrilled...
rod cameron
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Jan 5, 2007 8:38 pm
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... You can see examples of both at: http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/collection.html in the section, just over halfway down, titled Fourth Generation English 8-key...
... There is a 1834 portrait of Charles Nicholson on the front cover of Robert Bigio's book "Readings in the History of the Flute". He is holding a flute and...
... Urk. I just tried it on my Nicholson's Improved. Ghastly! Here's an arpeggio based on G: D - 435 G - 451 B - 461 d - 445 g - 451 b - 461 So what pitch...
The following is a about the reasons for making the flute conical in the second half of the seventeenth century. Of course we know a number of reasons why we...
Hi Simon I think this is your first apparition on this list Welcome. For me the reasons of the conical bore is obvious when you measure the Assisi flute : a...
Hello Philippe Allein, No it is not my first but it has been a long time ago. Thanks for sharing your as always valuable insight! Three ponts though, -your...
... Interestingly though, the conical bore is much more important to the flute, where it acts to correct the inter-octave spacing, than to the recorder, where...
Simon I quote Adrian Brown (Utrecht 2003), "An overview of the surviving Renaissance recorders" -the cylindrical bore recorders are known only from 16th...
mmm, interesting subject about... The idea was that many constructors (Haka, Hotteterre) imitated the bore of the recorder to made a barock transverse flute. ...
"-your remark for me does not change the reasoning because also recorders went from straight to conical," Simon, A small correction. Of all the extent...
... Sorry for making a spelling error in your name Philippe Allain, I hope it is right now. It is nice getting such good reactions. However, I think that we...
... Terry : I'd be grateful for enlightenment on "the flattening effect of pouting" please . What is pouting , what does it flatten , how does it do it ? ...
... For your information, but it has nothing to do with the reasoning, the Haka flute head is stepped conical, the left hand piece is really conical as a...
... Pouting may not be the best name for it! You know how when we go from the low octave to the high octave, we push our lips forward to reduce the jet length...
You may be aware of the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) huge website and archives, which allow a dazzling variety of programmes including all aspects...
Rod Cameron
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Jan 8, 2007 5:24 am
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... Simple theories are preferred in deductive reasoning (logic, sciences) because they rely on minimal supporting hypotheses (William of Ockham) or are easy...
Greetings, I should introduce myself, having joined this list about two weeks ago. I am a maker of two-keyed oboes living in Ithaca, NY, formerly (from '75 to...
Mary Kirkpatrick
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Jan 8, 2007 3:51 pm
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Hello Ardal, If I understand you correctly I think I agree to a certain extent. It may have been that Haka made his traverso conical for this reason but if he...
A hearty welcome, Mary! Great to be in touch through earlyflute. I have always admired your approach to oboe making, and as a treadle lathe person myself (as ...
rod cameron
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Jan 8, 2007 7:39 pm
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Thanks, Rod! A hand-*forged* lathe?! That's impressive. My best blacksmithing effort was back in England, making a new hook (crank) for one of the lathes. I...
