Fun! Flute Comparisons - Sounds :)

Irish Flute
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I recorded the B part of Sarah Bauhan’s She Left a Star on seven different flutes. I hope you enjoy the recordings!

Delrin Olwell Nicholson flute…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/Delrin_Olwell.mp3

Ralph Sweet apple? flute with filled-in cracks and knotholes, a gem of a Sweet…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/Sweet.mp3

Seery big holed flute…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/Seery.mp3

My friend Terry Briley’s 19th century 4-keyed boxwood flute by Wood and Ivy of London…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/Boxwood_Old.mp3

Terry’s Olwell Pratten blackwood flute (wow)…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/Olwell_Pratten.mp3

Terry’s M&E Rudall style flute…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/ME_RR.mp3

Terry’s McGee Rudall Perfected 6-key flute with thinned head and double rectangle embouchure (I had a little trouble with the lowest notes)…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/McGee.mp3

And here’s a (silly) bonus track of all 7 flutes together…

http://www.jessiekislin.com/music/Flute_Samples/Flutes.mp3

Thank you, Terry, for the flutes! Terry drove in 6 inches of snow (with no snow tires, I am guessing) to deliver these flutes to be recorded and compared!

:slight_smile:

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Jessie,

First of all, superb playing.

I liked the Sweet the least, but not bad at all. I thought I like the Delrin Olwell the best, but then I thought the McGee Rudall was equal, but then some of the others were —. I concluded that it’s not so much the flute, but the player, but we already knew that.

Thanks for sharing, as I’m in the market for another good flute, and this gives me flutes for thought.

Bill

[ This Message was edited by: SuiZen on 2003-01-16 18:27 ]

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Hey Jessie,

How about a sample of the Haynes you’re selling? :slight_smile:

Michael

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Would have done it, but it’s not here.

I am in Nashville…I just attended a closing and I am no longer a homeowner, but my bank account is about to look pretty sexy. Off to California tomorrow.

:slight_smile:

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“Off to California”

Jessie, playing the tune, or taking a trip :slight_smile: ?

Bill


[ This Message was edited by: SuiZen on 2003-01-16 18:46 ]

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Hee hee! Taking a trip.