Thanks, Phiippe. This information and your web site certainly help. I have been working on my old flute for the time being. It is amazing what a little...
Thanks, Phiippe. This information and your web site certainly help. I have been working on my old flute for the time being. It is amazing what a little...
Hi all, got the Boland book, soon to recieve the Quantz book, but need your playing experience with the Traverso, my friends, ANY, tips, on embochure, tone,...
Dear George, The embouchure needs regular practice to strengthen...it is much better to do a careful half-an-hhour-a-day than to wait till the weekend and do a...
Thank you Jed, just was discovering that the main issue is my embochure strength, I sure will follow your advice, but I´ll put much more time into it, thank...
As an amateur who converted from recorder to traverso several years ago, I can easily symphathize with your plight. A couple years ago, I started to gather...
Thank you Jed, just was discovering that the main issue is my embochure strength, I sure will follow your advice, but I´ll put much more time into it, thank...
Well, I don't have nearly as much experience as most on this list, but the beginning is still fresh in my mind, and I'm still on the steep part of the learning...
Thank you steve, blessings, George. ... From: Steve Mueller <micawber@...> To: earlyflute@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006 3:37:45 PM...
Thank you so much for taking the time and write Charlie, good advice, I´m a Composer and for a new proyect chose the Traverso (a life time proyect), can´t...
Hi George, To strengthen your embouchure and ear, play regularly for limited times; stop when you're tired or your concentration lags. Try practising octaves,...
Hear, hear! (Play, play?) Several more questions suggest themselves: How would you structure a half hour session given the limits on time? Concentrate on long...
Hello all A student of mine, Eve Friedman, has just completed her DMA at Indiana University and has written some fine tone development studies for the...
Hello all I have a student who is looking for good, used GA Rottenburgh. If you know of an instrument, would you let me know via: reply to sender? Thanks so...
Some further examination of Richard Carte's writings for you to pick over at your leisure: http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/Carte-on-Boehm's-patent.htm As usual, we...
Veronica et al, Isn't the concert for 2 flutes in D-moll? Jed W. has made a beautiful recording of this and maybe he has it. There is also avery nice one in D...
Dear List, For those of you in the Minneapolis area, or want to make your way here in February, I would like to invite you to a series of events that Barthold...
Hello everyone Next spring, I am going to build a new workshop for my flute making work. It would be interesting an helpfull if we share some ideas on the...
Hello, Jean-François! Whereas it is often a good idea to separate clean work from messier work in a larger shop, where skills are separated in, turning, ...
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I've always dreamed of a workshop with radiant heating in the floor. It is even and very efficient. No worry about the fire hazard of dust collecting on...
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Right on, Courtney and Peter! I should instal floor heating, it is the most comfortable approach. Fokers and Powell built it into their shop and I believe...
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Hi Jean-François My new workshop (and house at the coast) is nearly complete - we expect to be moving in on 9 January. It's about the same size as you're ...
... I'm probably more concerned with cooling than heating, so I'm getting reverse-cycle airconditioning. Cheaper to run than straight dissipative electric...
... Lucky, you, Jean-Francois, to be able to build a workshop from scratch. Most of us have to make do with adapting an existing space. I have ended up with...
Thank you for your very instructive comments. I already have a list of "good ideas to apply" 1- Radian floor 2- Two separate rooms. 3- Daylight-balance...
... You know, I don't think I've ever seen that written anywhere before! (Lovely account, Robert. Almost as bad as being there!) Terry Terry McGee - flutes,...
Hi Jean-François and all, Great ideas about the workshops: I can certainly vouch for the radiant heat, which is easy to set up and very cheap to run. Ours is...
... These will be worth double-glazing if you can afford it. ... Arghhh! I think there is another viable option to exhausting outdoors, and that is to have a...
Terry. You made a joke about windmill and making some turning jobs outdoor. I should mention that after many years ( 33 ) of being in contact with dust, many...
