I'm a flutist just starting to move into early music (particularly Renaissance), and I'm trying to find a decent instrument that would be appropriate for a...
Good luck You might be intersted by : Internationale Renaissance Traversflöten Tage Stuttgart 8./9. Oktober 2005 http://www.irs2005.de/ Philippe Allain-Dupré...
Catrijn, the renaissance flute is a difficult place to start, unless you really like meantone temperament... but since you're determined! try one of the early...
Thanks for everyone's input. I guess I will try to find an early music festival in the US that I can manage to travel to and hopefully test out a few models...
Dear Catrijn, I started as a flutist on the renaissance instrument (while I was a grad student at Stanford, which boasted Herb Myers as coach of the ren wind...
Where is everybody? If at all possible I want to know for how long A=415 has been the pseudo historical norm. Has this been researched methodically with regard...
Dear Ron, ... Funny you should ask--I'm just dealing with this issue at the moment in my dissertation! I found one documented mention of A-415 at the Royal ...
... The great resource is Bruce Haynes's magisterial book "The Story of A." My impression from looking through it is that pitch averaged a bit below 415 --...
Hi all When I was producing my web article some years back on the Rise and Fall of English Pitch, I was puzzled by references to "Society of Arts Pitch"....
... in my ... anniversary (this ... 1969, the ... van Hauwe, ... a student ... soon after ... Leonhardt and ... shortly ... That's what I'd thought, that 415...
... Fall of ... article ... thinking ... Pitch ... Council, its ... Thanks for that. I wonder when they're going to make the film of the book. Via google.com I...
... So do we conclude that the Prof Wheatstone FRS is the concertina maker or the builder of bridges? I wondered where the story of the 13 concertinas came...
May I suggest that Al Rice's books probably contain his research on pitch levels, I'll review mine to satisfy my own curiousity, its an interesting discussion...
Ron , might I suggest seeking out Bruce Haynes doctoral dissertation rather than just "The Story of A". It contains a lot more information on your question,...
Yes, many builders make "transposing harpsichords" which can play at both a = 440 and A=415 by shifting the keyboard, but such a concept assumes that equal...
... A=415 by shifting the keyboard, but such a concept assumes that equal temperament was used in the 18th century, which, as far as I know, was not the case. ...
Can you tune Werckmeister temperaments by ear? If, so you're better than I am. ... A=415 by shifting the keyboard, but such a concept assumes that equal...
Hi Ken, Your observation about A430 brought to mind the observation that Wendling, whose playing even Mozart admired, and the flute player Mozart might have...
... Ah right. This article by Neil Wayne in the Galpin Soc. Journal seems to support that: http://www.hobgoblin.com/info/wayne.htm So probably the man at the...
"From everything about it I'd assumed that it dates back to before 1940, except then that it plays distinctly a semitone flat, A=415." It could have been a...
Dear Philippe, Something else: The hotel you have choosen seems to be a good choice, especialy because of very good location, it is really very central, some...
Dear early-flute members, My short message yesterday to Philipe A. Dupre was obviousaly a private one, meant only for him, just accidentally I sent him as a...
Posted by Susan Maclagan with permission from Richard Volet: Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:53:43 -0700 (PDT) Dear List: A friend has a 4 key Potter flute that he...
The more I learn about Body Mapping, the more that I like it and can see it's benefits. Last year I attended an excellent lecture about Body Mapping that was...
I should have sent this part of my notes about Body Mapping out first. I missed doing so because the page got ripped away from the other pages in my suitcase...
How to Practice with Body Mapping 1. Learn about the structure of the body Explore your own body map. Ask yourself questions where is my spine, etc. 2....
1. Traditional Instruction: “Relax” Often translated as: collapsing down and in – NOT good. Body mapping translation: Allow the head to balance at the...
