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Hi - I've a blackwood flute with block mounted keys. I see lots of posts on oiling the flute - that's ok. ... - apologies if that was mentioned elsewhere. I'm going to take off the keys and really give the silver work a good ...

... :waah: , I have at long last completed the restoration of Ben's R Croger flute and it's back with ... I was not able to get the pewter plug low C#/C keys working properly/to my satisfaction despite ... accessible up to high C’’’’. The G# key is mounted unusually high around the tube relative ...

... thing for me: Going from a more secure grip to one that is still perfectly functional, but somewhat ... look for a keyed flute that already has post mounted keys, which might be less problematic for playing piper’s ...

... play standard keyed flutes ever since I had to switch to the piper’s grip due to wrist issues: ... one option. The other option is to have post mounted keys added to a keyless flute. Maurice Reviol is a good ...

... (These antique French flutes are usually tuned to A=435.) French flutes tend to have a narrow bore ... and play. If I were you, I wouldn't remove the keys when I oil the flute: this flute has post-mounted keys, not block-mounted keys, so they are a little ...

... grip/flat finger playing position. Needs to have an alternate (usually Right hand) Bb key, ... the standard Bb key is inaccessible to me. The keys can be block mounted or post/pillar mounted. A quality polymer flute ...

thanks for the replies so far!
The flute is a block mounted one and both keys are definitely touching the wood..

... info on the “antler” set quite by accident today in the above. David Latham, a piper from Libby, ... cherry to match the original set. He made the keys and springs out of brass and mounted them on the blocks. The regulator reeds are made ...

Hey Yelf, Why not ask Hammy to put keys on the flute for you? Hammy can do post-mounted keys. Then you'd have your heart's desire. The worst is that ...

... set is a rosewood with different shaped reg keys, and I'm trying to avoid having too much of an obvious 'Franken-set' look. ... the beginning that's how the pipes looked, for me. Pin-mounted nickel-plated round-cup reg keys, block-mounted ...

... FOR -- A deposit has been received. Thanks to everybody for the interest. I am selling a six-key ... plays very nicely, with good volume. The post-mounted nickel keys all work well. There are no cracks or serious dings ...

... metal bracket as mentioned, but it is also mounted to the plate at a slight angle to line up the key height better with the tenor/bari keys downstream. My set isn't Gallagher, and I can't tell if ...

... so far I haven't oiled that holes under the keys. Do you think it is necessary to do that? You don't need to soak lined head joints and ... I would like to do that with my keyed flute (block mounted) and would remove the keyes beforehand. Have you ...

Somewhere - on this forum I think - I read to pull the pins on block mounted keys by sliding a knife blade behind the upturned part to hook it ...

Chris Wilkes restored 8-key flute. Wide silver bands, silver keys. I am selling my Chris Wilkes restored and modified block-mounted mid-19th. C. 8-key blackwood flute. Chris Wilkes did “a world of ...