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I would guess the flute and flute maker is more important than post vs block mount... I played a german flute that was post mounted and for obvious reasons it was much more terrible than any of the block mounted flutes ...

Do people have an opinion on the relative merits of pin versus block-mounted keys? I see Geert Lejeune offers both options, favouring pins on a Pratten model but block mounted ...

Hi, Mia

You're going to have to direct us to an image of the instrument (or one like it). Or at least give us a few clues. Eg timber colour, keys colour, how are the keys mounted - on a tube between metal posts, or in wooden blocks, what do the rings look like, etc?

... would also be worth asking. He was (at least at one point) offering 8 keys and his flutes are one of the more Wylde like I have played. He made ... holes well and consistently, which is a problem for me with every block mounted flute I’ve tried, nothing to do with the Watson flute’s block placement, ...

... especially those that involve pins. With the post-mounted keys, I think over the years I've been confronted with a number of ...

... 297gms, Balance point -10mm McGee "Rudall Perfected" block-mounted 6-key, Silver tuning slide, Long D foot, Blackwood, 339gms, Balance ... Note how the addition of the Long D foot and the blocks and 6 keys pushes the balance point 14mm down the flute. Yet it only weighs 42gms ...

How about a "spit valve" for a flute--mounted on the bottom, out of the way of the keys? As a former horn player I was jealous of the trumpet and trombone players. They had their little ...

... himself, including the tiny screws for the post-mounted keys on his keyed flutes. This flute comes in one of his own handmade ...

... himself, including the tiny screws for the post-mounted keys on his keyed flutes. This flute comes in one of his own handmade ...

... 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 time. ...

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

... is also one of very few makers that can add keys onto a keyless flute, since he works with post-mounted keys. Most other makers will have to make a new body to turn ...

I have a Dave Williams five-key, Pratten, post-mounted keys. I think it’s Cocus, but not sure. Bought it from Lark In the Morning at their (long gone) Seattle store. I think there were two Williams in the store at the time.

... straight (wrist issue) I can't use the Bb key. I don't want a Bb key mounted on the rt hand side, because I'm afraid this will make too complicated the use of the rt hand side C natural key (a bit crowded with both keys). My own attempt at a solution is this. There is a perfectly good way ...

Thanks everybody. Terry, the picture says it all. The question remains who if anybody on this side of the big puddle makes post or plate mounted keys. I do have some keyless flutes with the E flat key, and they perform about as well as the six keyed flute. Liberating. Less expensive!