What are the characteristics of a “Hawkes-style” (or “patterned after a Hawkes”) flute as opposed to a “Rudall-style” or “Pratten-style” ?
Bore size? Size of fingerholes? Embouchure shape? What ?
Thanks and best wishes.
Steve
I have a flute by Riviere and Hawkes, it has a one piece body (Pratten style) , the bore is Rudall like, tone holes large , embouchure hole large.
The brand Hawkes (in the different incarnations, with Boosey, sons, etc) made different types of flutes, that include Boehm system, Siccama, hybrids etc. If you’re refering to simple system 8 key flutes, they often made Pratten syle flutes, with big bores and holes and one piece middle body. They made Pratten style flutes with sligtly different dimensions as well…
Hey Steve,
See McGee’s “Classical Bores I have known”: http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/bores.htm
Dave Copley makes very fine flutes based upon an original Hawkes design. Paddy Ward also makes flutes closer to the original Hawkes design. But between the two, I prefer Copley’s!
An original Hawkes & Riviera flute is the most powerful flute I’ve ever played! But, I’ve not had the pleasure of an original Boosey Pratten.
I like to think that Hawkes was such a late contributor to “Irish Flutes” that he was able to improve upon the other great maker’s designs.
As mentioned, Copley’s flutes are Hawkes-based designs. Players of Rudall-style flutes think my flute by Copley plays like a Pratten (which makes sense–it’s a fairly large bore/large hole design), but interestingly, a few players of Pratten-based flutes have said it feels like a Rudall-ish flute to them. Maybe Copley flutes are based on designs by Hawkes and Rorschach. 
I’ve gotta say (even though I’ve just fallen into the trap above), I wish our flute language could break out of the (artificial) constraints of the Rudall-Pratten dichotomy. Looking at Terry’s flute bore chart is quite interesting and emphasizes some of the diversity of 19th century makers and their designs. Anyway, nice to see a discussion of a less-often mentioned maker/design. Vive Hawkes!
Thanks for the input. As I understand it, with a “Hawkes-style” flute one should expect a fairly large bore and large finger holes. No one has suggested any sort of standardized Hawkes embouchure. Would one expect “Hawkes-style” flutes to vary as to embouchure?
Thanks and best wishes.
Steve