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... wind up ordering from Ormiston. For me, the post-mounted keywork was an important factor, for adding keys later on and keeping my cash flow under control at the ...

... timeframe, Dave Copley does do retrofits, adding keys (I presume post-mounted) on request. Alternatively, he may be able to provide you ...

... I can't recall which living in Ireland maker offered a retrofitting of keys, but I seem to recall one of them did (was it Hammy with his pin mounted keys?). I think it's safer than you think...Maurice knows what he is doing. Eric

... a keyless flute with a view to maybe later adding keys. My question is : Is a flute built with potential for post mounted keys likely to be of greater circumference than a flute ...

... to put a lot of effort into something they expect will weaken their flutes? - and yes, aesthetics plays a role. We (mostly) seem to love our block-mounted style. And it's fine for the top 6 keys. But it certainly gets harder for those two more demanding normally-open, articulated and needing-to-be-carefully-synchronised ...

I second the nomination for Maurice Reviol if the rest of the flute is post-mounted or if you don't mind a mix (see below). Maurice has a background in post-mounted keywork ...

... in the right direction No, I don't think that post mounting on a wooden simple system flute is ... or aesthetically. I have two block mounted flutes with salt spoon and pewter keys that ... adjust the key way in a block mount requires adding or taking away material on the body of the ...

... Laurent's biggest contribution was the use of post mounted keys. But even with that the flutes "needed" ... and otherwise didn't know any better. I've started adding some bling to my flutes - more out of boredom with ...

... that's a tonal issue or something to do with adding a block to support the Eb key. I am a very ... a substantial low D. Maurice's keys are post mounted, and I got the link to him through a suggestion ...

... questions: 1) Can you recommend me a good flute maker that can add pin mounted keys to it? Chris Wilkes told me he made the flute with thick enough walls for adding keys to it. My first option would be asking Chris to do it, but he is a bussy man ...

... I became sort of disillusioned over time. Just like with flute-mounted mics, you have to secure the mic cable and the connector box to your ... to a bandmate or leaning forward toward a monitor to grab something. Adding all this together, it retreated to become my third option. Mostly ...

... issue, with any mic. Not always bad, but often don't want it. On stand-mounted, I aim the mic at my nose. Nose breath is downward, away from the ... that and couldn't make it work well. The signal was just too weak, adding to handling and breath issues actually. The position shown in the ...

I'm of two minds to machine engraving. I actually like this style, and used to have a set of ABW Dunbars mounted this way http://www.dunbarbagpipes.com/P2_Imitation_Metal-P2c_Polypenco_Bagpipes.html or a direct link to one of the images http://www.dunbarbagpipes.com/34865863.jpg ...

Yes it's a bit scary sending ivory-mounted pipes across borders, but I have done. (I'm in the USA.) I had a set of full-ivory c1920 Lawries, a wonderful set, and I sent parts of them to David Naill in England to have silver slides added. (The ...

... shaved and shaped in a rectangle and filed down flat to tune the reed. Adding weight to the tip of an all-natural cane reed, in uilleann pipes, ... placed between the middle and the tip, right? Also, a composite tongue mounted on a cane tube would have to be part of the scenario, for the sake ...