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... And, as a bonus, you may help prevent unsightly rust. If doing so, preparing the surface properly is critical, so take some fine sandpaper and give the areas to be painted some light but complete scuffing up so the paint can latch onto it immediately and securely.

... from my Pastoral set. I got hold of Rob Gandara, and in a very short time he supplied me with one of his carbon fiber chanters. To my ears, the ... I had one of the pipers from our local session over and let him give the Carbony chanter a try, He thought it sounded fine, considering it ...

... old roosters because they are not steady with their bag pressure and somehow believe a softer synthetic reed will resolve their problems. Soft reeds ... well with such a wide pressure variations so the only option is to give them a reed so high in pressure that it is impossible to get it to autocran ...

... second octave as quietly as possible. Try seeing how little air you can give the whistle while still getting it to stay in the second octave. Try messing with your blowing angle, tightening your throat, etc., and see if you can find a way to play ...

Thank you for those ideas!, I'll certainly give them a go. I'm not using the Stanesby for ITM, just to maybe have a go at some Hotteterre, leclair etc. I find it hard nowadays to cover the bigger holes on an "Irish" flute due to having ...

... much easier, once you train up the agility in your pathetic little finger. Short-F becomes necessary for certain note patterns in the "flat ... flutes. Ironically, I found that the C-nat key often gives the greatest benefit for the C# note - again, depending ...

I would put a wooden dowel (same diameter as the inside diameter of the PVC pipe) into the pipe for support and to help give a cleaner cut. Then I would drill a pilot hole (1/8"?) and use the right sized Forstner bit needed for that hole. A pilot hole will keep the Forstner bit ...

... the lip plate option. Has anyone compared the lip-plate 'model' to the one without it? I'm inclined to believe that the extra chimney height would give a PVC flute improved/stronger tone in the lower end, so I'm thinking about whether or not to look for a used Tipple with the lip plate vs. ordering ...

... attached and while the db meter did not really agree with this, the fact that the software demonstrated a stronger overtone profile, this could give the perception of louder volume. This perception was present with all bag material types as they could tell with all bags whether or not the cmcs ...

... updating. Antoine designed his headjoint specifically for chromatic flutes btw. Thanks for that information and the link. I'd certainly like to give it a go, and I've got a couple of bad prototype flutes that I could drill extra holes in to do the initial experiments with different placements ...

... It doesn't appear to have a makers name of any kind, and comes with a generic cloth pouch. I'm going to attach some Dropbox pics which separately give FOUR types of metal the tube is made of :D ! It's got a textured paint (?) finish which although I don't like it, isn't too bad. I'm assuming, ...

Hi all, My first time posting in this section, since I usually play the flute. But a neighbour from up the street just walked in to give me his lowwhistle. He can't play it anymore due to handproblems. He still plays a bit of flute and ...

I don't think it will do any harm, Andro. I'd give preference to a superglue with a resilient filler, such as Selley's Power Grip. Or search C&F for "the old handkerchief trick". But, consider this. The dry weather is shrinking the ...

... come to mind, perhaps)? Hello! For a long time I was looking for a solution to the problem of whistles clogging with condensate. Chemicals do not give the expected results. A plastic whistle only partially eliminates the condensation problem. I have significantly redesigned the standard whistle. ...

... come to mind, perhaps)? Hello! For a long time I was looking for a solution to the problem of whistles clogging with condensate. Chemicals do not give the expected results. A plastic whistle only partially eliminates the condensation problem. I have significantly redesigned the standard whistle. ...