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6 Key blackwood Pratten by Stephane Morvan Block mounted silver keys with a long Bb key. I'm posting for a friend, Kevin O'Neill (Treacherous Orchestra) who bought ...

6 Key African Blackwood by Stephane Morvan Block mounted silver keys with a long Bb key. I'm posting for a friend, Kevin O'Neill (Treacherous Orchestra) who bought ...

... 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 ...

Post mounted keys such as what I use don't get pinched in blocks and remain functional. ...

... a new footjoint (or retrofit a long one) with post-mounted keys. Some flute makers already offer the footjoint keys in a Boehm ...

... and feel of the old-style articulating keys. If I could have them on a Boehm-style footjoint, ... a new footjoint (or retrofit a long one) with post-mounted keys. Some flute makers already offer the footjoint ...

M&E flute with 8 post mounted keys, made of Ebonite. (Not Wood) Flute is in excellent condition and ...

M&E 8 key (post mounted) flute made of Ebonite. (Not Wood) Flute is in excellent ... Hard to find flute as these Ebonite M&E flutes with 8 keys are not too common and they are a very affordable option ...

... successfully on one of these blanks (IIRC on the topic of "pin-mounted keys" if you want to do a search). Richard Evans noted in his earlier reply that the blanks ...

Gilles Lehart makes pin-mounted keyed flutes, and I've long admired the sound and look of his flutes. Reasonably ... charge, and he said he's made quite a few this way and you can still get six keys if you want them.

... I was lucky enough to get a hold of a Wilkes post mounted keyed flute 20 years ago and am spoiled for the ... their name) and Hammy Hamilton makes post mounted keys as well,

... 2 piece, with the low D#/Eb & C & C# keys mounted on the long keyed section (rather than as usual ... that can also affect value & desirability. If you post pictures to the Facebook Flute History Group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/Flute.History.Channel/ ...

... bodies himself. While he can make his own keys (and probably does for more expensive custom ... Cronnolly) it was quite evident that the post-mounted keywork was stock material sourced from elsewhere. ...

... considered the "precision" factor with wood vs. synthetic and keys. Blackwood or Cocus allows very smooth and precisely drilled keyholes ... for warping. Cracking if not cared for, yes. I take your point on pin-mounted keywork being easier to install, and maybe maintain, on a synthetic ...

... considered the "precision" factor with wood vs. synthetic and keys. Blackwood or Cocus allows very smooth and precisely drilled keyholes ... for warping. Cracking if not cared for, yes. I take your point on pin-mounted keywork being easier to install, and maybe maintain, on a synthetic ...