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... on fingering and tune structure to the detriment of bag control skills. Obvious by all the frog cheeks and hyperventilating into the blow pipe. When ... it was made clear to me that I would be on the practice chanter for some time and I would not be playing a chanter in the bagpipe until I had ...

... 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 from good makers. Not every ...

... the Administrator might be in order. In fairness, 'dalewiely' was an obvious enough typo. It was corrected earlier this week, I think. That said, ... up with increasing numbers of server errors for at least a week or two, so there were signs things were possibly about to go awry. Glad it's back ...

... machining of the blade area was beyond bad, and a quick toot told me how much of an effect it was having. Maybe I just got a reject, but it made obvious that there's no quality control. This story ends here. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/x59sq0818cuyk3888ujt3/IMG_3889.HEIC?rlkey=rcscp7hhdbnptnm4l3i1vry55&dl=0 ...

I hadn't imagined you doing more than one at once, but now it's obvious that that's the way to do it. I've been thinking about using a 3D printer to make models for components which I'll then use to make moulds so that I can produce the actual components for instruments in resin - I want ...

I hadn't imagined you doing more than one at once, but now it's obvious that that's the way to do it. I've been thinking about using a 3D printer to make models for components which I'll then use to make moulds so that I can produce the actual components for instruments in resin - I want ...

... finished very smooth and perfect-looking, until I messed with it. The (somewhat sloppy) beveled edge in the photo is much smaller than it may appear, ... lines in the surface that give it the satin-like sheen make it visually obvious every single place you sliced or scratched or gouged the flute, ...

... ergonomic. Rather than having a cumbersome key for F natural that requires you to pivot ... closed keys are pretty much universal on keyed Irish flutes, the only exception being the foot keys, which remain open for obvious reasons. It actually only fixes the position ...

... ergonomic. Rather than having a cumbersome key for F natural that requires you to pivot ... closed keys are pretty much universal on keyed Irish flutes, the only exception being the foot keys, which remain open for obvious reasons. The fact that you find it comfortable ...

... perhaps self-evident that when I talked about covering holes, it was implied that I covered only those holes necessary. Apologies if that wasn't obvious. As for C natural holes, I've never seen the point of those Here you make the argument that I feel many people will make about a 10-hole whistle ...

Cyberknight, you seem to not understand even the basics of what I and others keep telling you, most of which is clearly stated and pretty obvious. You simply disagree and keep typing. Obviously, we are flogging a dead horse here. Paddler, I've made many concessions during this discussion (even ...

Cyberknight, you seem to not understand even the basics of what I and others keep telling you, most of which is clearly stated and pretty obvious. You simply disagree and keep typing. Obviously, we are flogging a dead horse here. It isn't long ago that you were telling us all how Colin Goldie ...

... for ITM - with keys. These have always been an extreme rarity. So the argument that "there were always whistles with keys, and those ... scratch. A chromatic sopilka/whistle in C is not a good solution for obvious reasons. It CAN play in D, but I'd have to relearn every single tune ...

... does make it harder to play, and often so much harder that it diminishes the value of the ... one. It may make D# easier to play, but in Irish Traditional Music, Eb occurs very rarely, ... pinky, is not innovative or new. It is pretty obvious and as old as the hills. It has been tried ...

... does make it harder to play, and often so much harder that it diminishes the value of the ... one. It may make D# easier to play, but in Irish Traditional Music, Eb occurs very rarely, ... pinky, is not innovative or new. It is pretty obvious and as old as the hills. It has been tried ...