Hello from Oregon, USA… I am a new member here, and excited to find such a lively forum for flute discussion. I haven’t had a lot of experience with playing Trad, or these wooden irish flutes everyone seems crazy about… but I have been playing various flutes for years, and have a habit of fabricating them in a compulsive fashion from time to time.
Just got word from Michael Cronnolly that my R&R six key is shipping within the week, and am SO excited.
I look forward to learning even more about flutes, and participating in the discussions here. Love that flute porn thread, everyone has such nice instruments.
I’ve made a few flutes myself (bamboo which I enjoy working with but am not very good at yet) and more commonly PVC or CPVC pipe (which sounds better). Were your self-fabricated flutes simple system? If so, the jump to a more tradional flute will be easy. If you’re like me (I have a delrin 3 piece Dixon), you’ll also sound a lot better, too.
If you don’t like that 6 keyed M&E R&R, please feel free to send it to me! I love the look and sound of that flute.
Thank you to all for the warm greeting. I actually haven’t received the M&E yet, and am so excited about it! After emailing back and forth with Mr. Cronnolly for a week or so, he apparently had one already made and offered to sell it to me. So I guess the wait time was about a week plus shipping (ie: I lucked out)… there were some special circumstances involved however (I lucked out) so I don’t know how long the wait usually is. Will post a review after I get a chance to play it for a bit.
Jayhawk, if you mean by “simple-system” that is “not Boehm”, then yes. Even with an open hole Boehm, the sensation of these simpler flutes with the air under your fingers is more exciting. I haven’t made any with keys yet, so I just switch flutes when I need a different scale/mode/sound.
Not sure if there is even a good Irish pub here in town, really, let alone Sessions. Up in Portland, there were many.
Binary - I do mean “not Boehm” when I say simple system. The classic 6 holes and an embouchure/blow hole. They are fun to make, but buying a “real” flute really showed me how far I had to go when it came to making a really good flute.
Again, welcome aboard. It’s nice to find another fellow flute maker.
Now, if only I could find a mechanic who could fix my car the first time around and not take 3 tries I’d be really happy. Sorry, I just spent $430 to fix my brakes and get a new axle, and the darn thing sounds like either I need a new caliper or (hopefully) they just need to adjust the brake.
I hate cars. Oh how I wish I could keep our horse in the backyard and trade the car for a flute…
I love the look and sound of that flute.
Sorry, I just spent $430 to fix my brakes and get a new axle, and the darn thing sounds like either I need a new caliper or (hopefully) they just need to adjust the brake.