Hello Georges, welcome to the list, and thanks for the very interesting information about your Klein flute. The Tromlitz flute you're referring to is in the St...
Hello, I have a Potter flute with four pewter plug keys. All of them work fine except the short F key. I know this one is leaking because if I put a peice of...
Dear Laura, Pewter plugs are not easy to deal with, but not impossible. The first step would be to oil the contact point between the plug and the brass ring...
Does anyone know the current whereabouts of Bob Christiansen? current email or phone number would be great. Are you on the list, Bob? If you are, please...
My names is James E Bolger and I am a baroque flutist from Baltimore Maryland. I currently play on a "grenser" at 415/430 in African Blackwood with silver...
Dear Colleagues, Does anyone know of any period sources (say...pre-1770) regarding balance issues with flutes vis-ŕ-vis other instruments? I know that it's a...
Hi Colin It is not really a written source, but I recently performed Semele, an Opera by Marin Marais where, in the prologue, two airs are for obbligato...
Dear Colin, It's probably good to remember that two flutes in unison are not reliably or predictably louder than one in large ensembles (they can cancel as...
Dear Simon and Philippe, Thank you for your responses. I've heard the Semele recording and it's quite beautiful! I'm certainly in agreement with your points,...
... as loud as a trumpet. <<<<< Or perhaps that Marin Marais had in mind a trumpet as quiet as a flute ? Or perhaps that Marin Marais had in mind a trumpeter...
Dear Colin, Look back at some previous threads on the subject of traverso loudness, or lack of it. In my many interactions with players, quite often, in fact...
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Dear All, Possibly in this context a copy of a page, from my website (http://www.earlyflute.com page carrying) might be interesting: There is a difference...
I enjoyed reading your explanation of some of the accoustical properties at play in this remarkably complicated little instrument. I've read discussions by...
Dear Simon, A good grounding in how the real universe, whose language is indeed mathematics, unfolds in the general area of sound projection! I had to...
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... so ... start ... into ... very ... D ... Rob, Thank you for the reply. I had tried moving the cork before, but I must not have moved it enough. I just...
Dear Rod, You obviously know far mote about those things then I do. I also very much admire your practical solution! However, two remarks may be relevant. ...
Thank you, Simon, for responding! At least, I am reassured that there was no easy solution that I had missed, so perhaps my empirical approach was not so bad...
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Dear Simon and Rod, Thanks for all the accoustical information. It's great that, although mathematics and physics have so far explained an enormous amount,...
Hi Colin There are two interesting publications in French about one-keyed flute acoustics : -Instruments a vent. Acoustique des Instruments de la famille des...
Dear Philippe, It is nice to get such a knowledgable reaction, could you send me the two articles, though I think I remember the graphs. However, maybe the...
Hey Philippe, Thanks for the information and taking the time to share it. Yes, I would love to read those articles. As in English, my knowledge of accoustical...
Colin and everyone: The fundamental on the flute <whether it be baroque or Boehm> is so overwhelmingly predominant over the other partials that I believe...
Colin, My brother showed me a book (I'll ask him for the title) that explained how many instruments work. Regarding flutes, it had a cartoon labeled "The...
Dear James, I am not quite sure where you got the background for your information, but I think that there is a quite relevant difference between the baroque...
Hi Dennis, Thanks for the information. I read the article that Philippe mentioned by B. Fabre which is very informative so I'd certainly recommend it. It did...
