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Hi, I am new to this forum. I am a long time flute player (BOEHM), and just now I am getting into early flutes. I picked up a piccolo in ebay, it is a 19th....
... Heh heh, then it's called a bomb! Terry Terry McGee 61 Calder Crescent, Holder ACT 2611 Australia Phone +61 (0)2 6288 8006, Fax +61 (0)2 6287 4263 mailto:...
I mentioned to Eddy Zervigon about this early flute group and some of the people here and he told me that a few years ago he attended the Boxwood festival as a...
... <magicflute1950@y...> wrote: [...] ... Hello, Ozzie, if the flute in Lark in the Morning is made in Pakistan, the general consensus is that it's no good. ...
Yes, a copy. That's the way to go: I understand that charanga players, in order to play in the third, and even fourth, octave, enlarge the blowhole to about...
... My experience too. Certainly don't buy one without having an experienced player check it out thoroughly. It might put you off flute forever. ... Indeed I...
... Or get a new head made for Charanga purposes, preserving the value of the flute for other purposes. Terry Terry McGee 61 Calder Crescent, Holder ACT 2611...
Hi Ozzie, Please thanks Eddie for his greetings from me. The Pakistan flutes are based on English models, while you need a French model to play Charanga. ...
... Philippe, I have been following this topic with great interest, since I have also been trying to find a French 5-key flute, though just for the nature of ...
Dear Ozzie, I tend to be a list lurker, but I am hopping in to emphasize that Eddie's flute was an interesting one (having participated in his classes at ...
Hi John A Buffet is already of much value than the Thibouville or Lecomte I am speaking about. I don't think a dealer like Renard or Petit will be interested...
Philippe What would you say are the actual differences between cheap French 5-key flutes and those by well-known makers? Is it a matter of fine detail, or are...
Hi Terry There is a confusion : Some are cheap nowadays, because nobody is looking for them as much as for a RR or a Liebl. But even simple, they were good...
... Thanks so much for the suggestions of some French makers that were making decent simple system flutes in this era. I still have to find one that has not...
Dear John You wrote : I had always thought that there was equivalent research being done into French (and German/Austrian) flutes. but it was just inaccessible...
I am not 100% sure but I think one has to add 20% on the top of the final auction price for the fees and/or taxes. Still it looks cheaper that what one could...
Philippe Your post gives us poor linguists a chance to catch up on some expressions. Can I ask you to confirm what they mean? I've given my best guesses, but...
Ah, thanks, Flute of the Room! I've incorporated the changes. Any others? Terry ... Terry McGee 61 Calder Crescent, Holder ACT 2611 Australia Phone +61 (0)2...
... Yes, I just figured out the 'patte posterieure' which eluded me the first time around. I was thinking of posterior in three-dimensional terms, and what a...
... [...] ... in the ... coming ... have been ... No kidding! Kuhlau and Kohler! Very hard even on Boehm flute. Music of the most virtuosistic period in flute...
... Well, I guess one of the disadvantages of being anglophone is that you don't have a clue of what's going on in the major part of the world. (Sorry, had to...
Thanks for the additional translations, Luc! ... Actually we get very good world news in Australia. I must admit to being stunned by the lack of world news in...
HI Terry Sorry for giving you so much work on traduction. The instruments are badly photograpied, so you can't have an idea by yourself. But their explanations...
... I got the 'ondé' wrong ! I should have known that it literally means 'wavy' so in connection with boxwood it should be 'flamed'. ... Are Australians...
Phillippe, Terry, Harry & Luc, Thank you all so much for your help here. I think I can find a local friend who speaks enough French to get me through the...
