Hello everybody,
This is my first time posting here. I am intrested in making a wooden irish flute but i cannot find plans or dimentions for them anywhere. So i was wondering if anyone here could help me.
thank you
do an internet search for and email Terry McGee, in Australia.
He’s made detailed drawings of a Pratten model flute. I’m not sure his cost, but I imagine it’s nominal.
Too, you might try the earlyflute list on the Yahoo groups, where many aspiring makers trade chatter/tips/questions with some of the more established ones.
hope that helps!
dm
There’s lots of books and plans available for making these. Try Shark … er … Lark in the Morning: http://larkinthemorning.com/
djm
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/low-d.htm Here are some plans for a low D whistle. You could probably get some flute ideas from that.
Good luck!
Max
Hey Fella,
Here are two useful links:
Flute-tech Archive
Yahoo Flutemakers
The Flute-tech archive is great. Dig in and enjoy.
Byron
Skip Healy offers an apprenticeship program on making wooden flutes.
Because there are so many variables (your time frame, his time frame, specifics of what you want to learn, etc), it’s easier and more reliable for you to email him directly. The address is on the front page of his site.
Cheers,
John
The University of Edinburgh sells drawings for antique instruments. They sell drawings for a Rudall and rose #5047 Edenburgh #592). I have these drawings. They also include the drawings for the keys and the “bumps” to leave for mounting the keys.
These drawings happen to just fit the 8 1’2 x 18 paper for xerox. I’ll send you (or anyone else on the list) a copy if you send me your mail address. I’ll send them free, unless I get more than 20 request, then I’ll need to ask for postage.
I would suggest that you get some billits of hard (sugar) maple to do experimenting. It is available, low price, and works wonderfully on a lath.
Nelson McAvoy
Rt. 6 Box 6514
Keyser, West Virginia
USA 26726
thank you all for the replies i will check out all the links