... Very often. With the key closed by its normal spring. ... Heh heh, it does help to cover all the other holes! Fingers are good for finger holes, but I...
... Had to go figure out what Blutack is though... I think we have something similar here in Germany for sticking Posters to the wall... so, off to finish my...
... If a pad indents itself into a hole it will take that much longer to be extracted clear from the hole. It does therefore make sense to want a pad to sit...
I was talking recently with my friend and colleague, John Gallagher, now resident in Elkins, West Virginia. He lived for a number of years close by me in...
rod cameron
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Sep 10, 2004 6:49 pm
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Wow! Best of luck to John, hopefully we'll start seeing his flutes soon! g...
John's flutes are indeed out there already. I've had the distinct pleasure of working a few of them with him, embouchures mostly, and am constantly amazed at...
I've another question about pads: I like to make my own with the close-cell foam and hot glue, and was told this was an invention of Rod Cameron's. Now, I...
Dear Kevin, ... I think there may be a bit of confusion as the nature of the foam. Closed-cell foam is by definition waterproof. I've used it for knee pads...
I've a V. Koelhert Sons 8-key, and like most (all?) German flutes it has the low C keys simply placed side by side. The key pads are sealing fully - with the...
Maybe your C key has been bent down? On my Kohlert (I think this is the builder you mean?) the C# and C keys are pretty level. They are also the most...
... Heh heh, know what you mean. I don't know what it is about my hand, but I simply can't make the foot notes of German flutes work. To be fair, I'm not...
I rejoined the group not because I am playing an early flute, (I know better, I am not good enough!), but because I now play the voice flute and hence share...
... know ... flute ... Dream on... I started to learn the traverso because I found high F#'s and E's unsatisfactory in fast passages on a voice flute. I guess...
Dear Peter and Vince. I would like to find traces of the Voice flute in France in 18th century, to justify that so many recorder players have taken the French...
Dear Philippe, In my article "Recorder" for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., I wrote: Flute de voix (Dieupart, Suittes, 1702; quintet...
Lasocki, David
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Sep 22, 2004 4:17 pm
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MessageDear David I have always assumed that the wonderful quintett in b minor for two voice flutes and two tranverse flutes was by Jack Loeillet of London,...
Dear Philippe, The quintet in the Rostock manuscript is attributed only to "Loeillet." The same manuscript also attributes a concerto by Robert Woodock to...
Lasocki, David
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Sep 22, 2004 5:52 pm
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MessageOops Sorry for the lapse, I meant John, not Jack, of course. Jack of London refers to many subconscious topics! Philippe ... From: Lasocki, David To:...
Dear Philippe, Perhaps you were thinking of the famous author Jack London, who wrote "Call of the Wild," "White Fang," etc.? Best wishes. Yours, David David...
Lasocki, David
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Sep 22, 2004 6:20 pm
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... century, to justify that so many recorder players have taken the French flute repertoire for this tenor recorder in D. ... its repertoire exclusively...
Hi, What a terrible loss! You may like to list these flutes in the Larry Krantz stolen flutes list at: http://www.larrykrantz.com/stolen.htm I'll send out...
I have one barroque flute to sale,signed by a Distefano,a Luthier Master,who lives in Barcelona.Made in georgeous wood,from a south america.Exquiste tone. If...
Greetings list, Has anyone had any experience with this company? Always on the look-out for more sources of boxwood. Cheers, Daniel Daniel Deitch Historical...
Daniel, If I'm not mistaken Loren Bookbinder works for Von Huene and he's a member of the flutemakers@yahoogroups.com list. He might enlighten us. A source for...
... Hi Daniel, I think a company in Turkey that sells boxwood is more likely to be dealing in Turkish box than European, though they could be getting the...
This post is to tell those who don't already know about TRAVERSO, a quarterly newsletter for everyone interested in historical flutes and flute-playing, soon...
Dear Daniel, I do not know of this boxwood source. Having made contact and ordered boxwood from many sources over many years I would say that it is always a...
Rod Cameron
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Oct 5, 2004 5:58 pm
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Hi Daniel, thanks for pointing out this source of boxwood - their stuff does look quite nice, but you'd have to try a sample to tell what the quality is like....
