What do Earlyflute people think about using keys (that is, flutes with more than one key) in German flute music at the end of the 18th century? Any thoughts?...
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Brent Santin
bn013@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jan 11, 1999 6:46 pm
Can anyone suggest a suitable and *easily obtainable* alternative for horn or ivory which I could use to make end-of-joint rings? Preferably something which...
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Kim Pineda
emrkp@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 11, 1999 7:23 pm
Hi, Call me macho, or lazy, but, for me, if there is just the slightest chance that a piece MIGHT have been played on a flute with just one key, then that's...
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Daniel L. Colburn
colburnd@xxx.xxxxxxx....
Jan 11, 1999 8:26 pm
... Macho, maybe. Lazy - I think not. Doing the early things on a one-keyed flute is not the lazy way out. It is, however, gratifying. I've even gone so far...
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Robert Bigio
Robert@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx...
Jan 11, 1999 9:50 pm
... Three suggestions: 1. Resin alternatives: GPS Agencies Units 3 & 3A Hambrook Business Centre Cheesmans Lane Hambrook Chichester, West Sussex PO18 8XP ...
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Casey Burns
cburns@xxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
Jan 11, 1999 10:29 pm
You might also consider bone - contact a local custom butcher in your area and ask for any front cow feet - these are usually the best bones. You can get bone...
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Richard M. Wilson
rmw@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 11, 1999 10:43 pm
"Daniel L. Colburn" <colburnd@...> wrote, in response ... Hmmm. With all due respect, doing early things on a one-key flute *is* lazy, in my...
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Kathryn Smith
washedclean@xxxxxxx.x...
Jan 12, 1999 2:45 am
I'm a "haggard" house wife with an old Bundy nickel flute I barely learned to play for the short time that I did, and don't have a clue what you guys are...
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Kim Pineda
emrkp@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 5:36 am
Ok, I change my macho and lazy to "insane." I've played Beethoven Missa Solemnis on a one-keyed flute and it seemed to go pretty well. How many fingerings...
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Andrew Kay
akay@...
Jan 12, 1999 10:55 am
You might want to be careful having something that looks too much like ivory. A professional lute player had the nut of his brand new multi-thousand pound...
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Daniel L. Colburn
colburnd@xxx.xxxxxxx....
Jan 12, 1999 1:30 pm
... Now that you mention it, I guess you are right. I originally learned 'early' things on an eight keyed flute and got to the point of ok. Once I hit...
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Richard M. Wilson
rmw@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 12, 1999 10:34 pm
... Schott ED12273 (C)1987. Says for flute and piano on the cover, but as I said in a previous message, it works great on traversa and harpsichord. I know...
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Rod Cameron
rcameron@xxx.xxxx
Jan 16, 1999 8:54 pm
Dear Flute Makers, I have just finished writing a note to a friend about making small changes in woodwind bores with simple and portable apparatus, and it...
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Brent Santin
bn013@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jan 16, 1999 9:40 pm
Hey Rod, I do the same thing....except I use a wooden dowel held in a hand drill, and I put a saw a 2-inch slot down the end of the dowel to hold the sand ...
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Casey Burns
cburns@xxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
Jan 16, 1999 10:25 pm
I usually chuck something up in the lathe when I want to do this and run the lathe at the highest speed - especially for larger diameters. I get everything...
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Ardal Powell
ardal@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 17, 1999 2:16 am
... So, Rod, is this your roundabout way of intimating that Bart Kuijken has taken to making flutes? Or fiddling with the ones he already has?! Ardal ...
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Rod Cameron
rcameron@...
Jan 17, 1999 4:42 am
Thank you for your postings Casey and Brent. The technique I described does not work at lower speeds ie 0-3000rpm, nor does it work in small bores, and I don't...
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Rod Cameron
rcameron@...
Jan 17, 1999 5:00 am
Thank you Ardal for drawing my attention to a reference to Bart, which I had missed when I extracted the technique description from a letter that I e mailed...
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Terry McGee
t.mcgee@...
Jan 17, 1999 5:31 am
Rod gave a great account of the use of a emery paper flag to make local bore changes. I second his caveat about having the flag up the bore before turning on....
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Ardal Powell
ardal@...
Jan 17, 1999 6:01 am
On Sunday, January 17, 1999 12:01 AM, Rod Cameron [SMTP:rcameron@...] ... had missed when I extracted the technique description from a letter ... That's...
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Terry McGee
t.mcgee@...
Jan 17, 1999 5:31 am
Rod gave a great account of the use of a emery paper flag to make local bore changes. I second his caveat about having the flag up the bore before turning on....
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Johnson Thomas
thomas.johnson@...
Jan 17, 1999 11:20 am
Good day, Has anyone tried a violin humidifer in the flute bore. I came across an old post on the irtrad-list. where someone did this. Just wondering as I have...
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Ardal Powell
ardal@...
Jan 17, 1999 3:21 pm
On Sunday, January 17, 1999 12:31 AM, Terry McGee ... nails ... place ... Our favorite obstacle in the Folkers & Powell workshop is a device called a fish. We...
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Steven J. Goldman
sjgoldman@...
Jan 17, 1999 6:12 pm
I live in Chicago, where the winter's are also cold and dry. I have used a violin humidifier for the last 15 years or so and have never lost a wooden flute to...
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Richard M. Wilson
rmw@...
Jan 18, 1999 3:36 am
I just acquired a copy of the 1984 reprint of the 1899 "Musik Instrumente" catalog of the firm of Jul. Heinr. Zimmermann of Leipzig (also St. Petersburg,...
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Daniel L. Colburn
colburnd@xxx.xxxxxxx....
Jan 18, 1999 4:05 pm
... I have had one in my wood piccolo for years, with great success. I believe there are larger ones for cello whick would work better in a conical flute, due...
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Rod Cameron
rcameron@xxx.xxxx
Jan 18, 1999 6:16 pm
I would think that one of the worst things you could do to a wooden flute is put a humidifier inside the bore. Flutes crack generally as a result of moisture...
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Steven J. Goldman
sjgoldman@xxxxx.xxx.x...
Jan 18, 1999 7:55 pm
The only advantage of using a humidifier (violin, cello, or even cigar!) over "a small damp cloth" is that the cloth can dampen the cloth case, and wee...
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Catherine Folkers
cathy@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 18, 1999 9:11 pm
On the practical side--further to the discussion of humidifiers inside a flute, or damp cases, or a damp cloth inside a plastic bag with the instrument--I...
