I am selling a Grinter body in C. it has 5 keys (F#, G#, Bb, Eb and long Eb, equivalent to G#, Bb, C, F and long F keys on a D flute) and it’s in cocobolo.
It is made for playing with a D Grinter embouchure and footjoint. and it plays really good. it also looks beautiful with either a blackwood or a cocus embouchure.
it’s very good when you have a Grinter D flute, because it makes you have a fully keyed C flute for a very interesting price !
I will see Stéphane next week, I will tell him.
The Boosey model is magic I am very impressed by his new model. both in D and Eflat. Finally the flute I was dreaming about !
his website will be ready soon. http://www.skopavel.com
with hopefully a lot of pictures and sound samples.
(Is this part of a master plan to punish those who are trying to sell something? Give 'em local focus errands? )
Hello Sylvain. If you should bump into
Alan Stivell Cochevelou, please ask him what make of Irish flute he played
on his “Renaisance of the Celtic Harp” album. Thanks.
Hi Sylvain. Can you ask Stephane if he has photos of his standard 8 key flute that someone can post? I saw photos of yours but I still haven’t seen his revised model. Would love to see one with the wide embossed rings. Thanks, John.
The flute certainly sounds nice in the lower register, but some of the notes in the high register seem out of tune to me. I don’t know if it’s the flute or the player. I know it’s not easy playing airs on any instrument, it’s very demanding
Talasiga, I had this LP but I don’t remember who was playing on it. I think Aaron is right it was Alan Kloatr playing on it. And I 'm almost sure that he played an old Boosey & Co Pratten. He was one of the first flute players in Brittany, also with Patrick Molard who was playing a Fentum flute. Then Veillon came.
Steampacket : well, I was definitely not out of tune on this track, I always play the thirds a bit flatter, and especially when playing on a drone, which is normal if you want to sound in tune, if you want the harmonics to sound right. Maybe you are used to hear people who play too sharp the upper registrer, which is the case of many flute players.
If you play piano on a drone it will definitely sound out of tune, so maybe that’s the thing you heard on the track.
More, I think Alan Kloatr was first or second to take the pipes in Britanny.
By the way, Stivell is based on the name Cochevelou. In fact, Cochevelou comes from “Coz Stivellou” (“Old Fountains” in Breton). Going back to Coz Stivellou, Alan made a reduction and took the name “Stivel”.
All information about Alan Stivell that appears in my earlier post is information from the inside cover notes of the CD including this,
“Alan Stivell
Celtic harp, Irish flute, Scottish bagpipes, Breton bombardon”
and
"Alan Stivell Cochevelou
Alan’s family comes from Gourin (lower central Brittany). They emigrated to Paris as did many from Gourin who did not leave for America. Born in 1944 … "
as for Monsieur Kloatr and his flute there is no mention of him in the credits as far as I can see (except for bombardon).
I have been listening to that album for nearly 30 years and I cannot hear ANY flute. This is why I was curious about what type of “Irish flute” he was playing. All I hear is whistle.
"well, I was definitely not out of tune on this track, I always play the thirds a bit flatter, and especially when playing on a drone, which is normal if you want to sound in tune, if you want the harmonics to sound right. Maybe you are used to hear people who play too sharp the upper registrer, which is the case of many flute players. " Sylvain.
Could be. Yes, I myself tend to play too sharp in the upper register and I’m learning to correct that by listening and adjusting
I am very impressed by his new model. both in D and Eflat. Finally the flute I was dreaming about !
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