I will make this note brief, but I have now moved my Scottish workshop from its Highland home in Nairn. It is now at Hamish Moore's, the bag pipe maker. He and...
rod cameron
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Aug 9, 2007 8:28 pm
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Hello, I am a student working on a Master's thesis in musicology at the University of Lyon. My thesis concerns the manufacture of the Baroque flute during...
Hello, I would like to know if somebody here heard about original stained flutes (from the 17th or 18th century). Philippe, I think you told me once that the...
Dear Celine, I happen to be a maker of early (two-keyed) oboes, and the matter of staining is probably similar to that of flutes. There are some quite early...
Mary Kirkpatrick
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Aug 12, 2007 4:36 pm
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Putting the best construction on Celine's post, isn't it possible, or even likely, she read the quote once upon a time but no longer remembers where? It's an...
Dear Céline, Bart's Rottenburgh was varnished at some time in the past, but I don't think it was to give a black colour. I think I remember Bart saying that a...
rod cameron
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Aug 13, 2007 2:09 am
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Hi Rod, I'm theorizing that it's not the linseed that darkens; it's the oxygen getting through it that reacts with something in the wood to darken it. If you...
Mary Kirkpatrick
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Aug 13, 2007 3:40 am
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Steve, Actually I meant the reference to Philippe. But thank you, for your enthusiastic rebuttal of what was in any case uncalled-for criticism! Mary Putting...
Mary Kirkpatrick
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Aug 13, 2007 3:42 am
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Good observation, Mary! It has been so long since we met up! Do you every get to the west coast? It would be fun to take some time to shop talk, over a cup of...
rod cameron
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Aug 13, 2007 4:13 am
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Hello, I'm still translating your messages to understand everything, but I'm very slow in that task... I'm just a poor and stupid french student ;-) But if I...
Hello, Thank you very much to Mary Kirkpatrick, Steve Mueller, Barbara Kallaur and Rod Cameron ! If somebody else can help me, he's very welcome ! Actually, I...
Hello again Céline, As to your question "Do you think they stained their flutes with nitric acid too ?" -- yes, I think so, because there are some dark...
Mary Kirkpatrick
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Aug 14, 2007 4:25 am
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News flash from The Oklahoma Flute Festival 2007 First off I would like to say hello and to invite everyone to make this musical journey. The gathering is...
Rachel Brown gave a most interesting lecture and enjoyable recital of the Telemann Fantasies. Below are my notes from her lecture: WERE SOLO PIECES NORMAL AT...
- ... Hi, I haven't looked at this list for a while, but this description of the source for the fantasias is pretty faulty, so I thought I would chime in here....
Hi Jeanne, Thanks very much for chiming in. ... Remember that I'm just reporting what I heard in the class. But Rachel's detailed and organized approach to her...
Dear list, I'm wondering if any of the sources of Quantz's music might be available online in the way that the facsimiles of the Gieddes Collection in Denmark...
lars
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Aug 23, 2007 4:37 pm
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Yes, you can also get some material from the Bach Gesellschaft, if you like to have all published Bach works... Roberto Tuninetti (Mendoza, ARG) ... From:...
NFA Convention Master Class with Jed Wentz From the NFA program: “Master traverso player and teacher Jed Wentz coaches performers from the Baroque Artist...
Hi Susan, Did I really say all that in just one hour? I have indeed a few remarks, or perhaps clarifications is the better word? I'll try to post them sometime...
Hi Jed, Thanks for writing. Yes, you really did say all that in just one hour. I was writing at great speed trying to keep up. :) It was a very interesting...
... What a great post, thanks for sharing it with us! I have a few questions; I'm not by any means an advanced player, so my apologies if these are really...
Hi Charlie, Thanks very much for saying that you enjoyed my post. I wish that I could help you with your questions, but I'm not an early flute expert, so...
Dear Susan, Here are a few remarks to your notes: I mentioned during the masterclass that I have come across seven different ways to make ‘vibrato’ in...
If you are near a college/university library or have a library near you that participates in inter-library loan, check out the following by Betty Bang Mather: ...
This may not be what you are looking for, but it's worth seeing. It's a priceless addendum to the Quantz "Versuch...". Capricien, Fantasien und Anfangsstücke...
Hi Jed, I really enjoyed your post. Thanks very much for taking the time to expand on my convention notes. ... No problem. I was worried and knew that there...
Lecture/presentation: Why good often beats best, or, if they were so clever why weren’t they rich? From NFA program: Robert Bigio investigates flute ...
... I am grateful to Susan for taking the trouble to listen, to make notes and to write this up. There are a couple of points I would like to ... I just want...
