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Geraint wrote:In Llani-du did Kubla Khan/ A stately pleasure dome decree:

Mae barddoniaeth yn y gwaed gyda ti, Geraint.

I thought Palisander = Palo Santo = Lignum Vitae? Palisander , I think, usually means Brazilian rosewood. But different wood species with similar appearance and properties often get traded under the same name - and the same name may be used differently in different countries. The only reliable mark...

What is the sounding length of your flute (embouchure centre to foot end, slide closed?) The sounding length is 568mm the "flower" stamp isn't - it's a very fancily curlicued capital B. Yes, I can see that now. The black dots in the touch surfaces of the smaller keys will be the ends of s...

Hi Jem. Do you know "Cornelius" from Llanidloes? I can go one better than that - I am Cornelius from Llanidloes. How's that for a claim to fame? I'd love to get to the Dolgellau session again sometime - it's been too long - but, unfortunately, Wednesday evenings are usually taken up.

Thanks very much for all your help. I'm in Llanidloes, Mid Wales - quite a long way from Xanadu.

I can sound the flute if I tape over the split that runs the length of the barrel. :) It gives 440Hz with the slide extended about 11mm (without having warmed it up). I can't sound anything below A at the moment, partly due to ill-seated or absent pads, partly because I'm not much of a flute player....

This is great, Bob - just the kind of reply I wanted. -You're right about the reinforcing ring on the lower mid-joint tenon; there is no metal reinforcing in the socket. -There is, as you point out, no reinforcing ring on the upper mid-joint tenon, but there is one inside the corresponding socket of...

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I recently bought an old rosewood 7-key pin-mounted simple system flute, in need of repair. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40345854@N05/8637410634 http://www.flickr.com/photos/40345854@N05/8636303831 I don't have a good enough camera to capture the detail, but the inscription on the middle joint reads...