Hi Folks , Christmas is coming - what early flute recordings would you recommend for my Christmas present "Wish List" ? Please assume I have none at all . Feel...
Hi Robert, I've just started my collection of early flute CDs. I have, and really enjoy: -"Flute Concertos-Stamitz, Richter, Haydn, Gluck" with Barthold...
I bought an 8 key flute earlier this year, ebony and sterling silver saltspoon keys, stamped on each piece "J.F. TEMPLE" and underneath that, "UTICA". A...
... Can't see any Temples in NLI, Kevin. Possibly a dealer with enough ambition to have his own stamp? ... Very popular in the pre-cocus days. I wonder if...
... Thanks Luc, that worked for me. Interesting, quite a typical English style flute until you notice the slant G#. Terry ... Terry McGee 61 Calder Crescent,...
... by the way: I got my ivory headjoint fixed ... a different way... I have a small electric tool, we call it Dremel, it´s like a smaller size drilling ...
... How is it possible to tell the difference? The question is serious, if a serious answer is available. I would not be sure to differentiate the species with...
Hi, The reason that you couldn't get the URL was that there is a 'period' at the end of it. I thought I'd mention this because people do this a lot when they ...
... Anything with Bart Kuijken (sp?). I particularly enjoy the Mozart concertos, and Bach's Musical Offering. Anything with Janet See. The double CD of Vivaldi...
A pipemaking friend repaired the cracks - and it is ... The person making the call here has made 36 full sets of uilleann pipes, mostly in ebony, and plenty of...
Terry ............................ The Freezer To test the effect of cold on an instrument, I popped a spare flute head into the freezer compartment of our...
... Nope, no human beings were hurt in the making of this experiment. I admit to having been a little cautious. We used to use Liquid Nitrogen a lot in ...
... At the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute a couple of summers ago, the buildings were fiercely air conditioned, with rooms often getting down into the...
Probably not an original thought , but did the early makers build all the joints of an individual flute as a single batch , making the tenons and sockets in an...
Thanks for the suggestions received so far from kind repliers - it's let me add to my Christmas wish list some CDs I hadn't seen in the shops - but I've been a...
Thanks for the words of assurance, Terry, but it's still scary! I heard about Grinter soaking flutes in oil. Craig Fischer once told me he does the same....
... told ... Sorry to disappoint you Kevin, not only in Oz! Many flutemakers soak their instruments in oil (mostly linseed or tung). Let's hope it helps! Luc ...
... I don't know the history, but it stands to reason that makers had lathe jigs to standardize tenon sizes and reamers to standardize socket sizes. However,...
Hi, I have another simple question... just wanting to know, whether there is anything special which I need to do, apart from the obvious... I have placed a...
... there is ... (refined ... to have ... recommended to ... Zero. Not at all. There have been discussions around here about this before. If you want to use an...
A stupid question from a self-designated Dumb Guy: Just plain mineral oil like we give our cats for hairballs? Or something more (allegedly) sophisticated like...
... mineral oil like we give our cats for hairballs? Or something more (allegedly) sophisticated like the bore oils sold in music stores? ... oils (almonds,...
In earlyflute Robert wrote: Hi Folks , Christmas is coming - what early flute recordings would you recommend for my Christmas present "Wish List" ? Please ...
... I was going to answer to the original post, but somehow I knew Ron would... ... that ... A mineral oil is derived from petroleum or coal. A vegetable oil...
... I think sockets would have been turned with a standard inside tool (also called a Right Side Tool). It is easier to get the socket exactly concentric with...
In this context: is anything known about the working methods of 18th century flutemakers? I know there is no 'Manual for the Making of Fine German Flutes and...
... I'd be inclined to think you are right. It illustrates how easy it is to fit any of several causes to the same set of conditions. In this case, the...
