Yes, I am familiar with Pat’s piping as well, but he his teaching flute at CLW this coming January. I will run the WFO3 idea by him. (maybe he’s just shy 
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djm
Pat’s a first-rate flute player, you’d do well to take his workshop. Also don’t miss Jocelyne Goerner’s workshop on Clare flute playing – she’s brilliant!
Kevin, how’s it going with Kevin Ryan? Any luck with getting him aboard on the project? His group has a new album out soon, check out http://www.aneitre.com/indexe.html and it also sais that he’s working on a solo project. I’d hate to not see him on WFO3.
Cheers
Brad, thanks, but I’m going mainly for the piping. I’m taking Pat’s class for beginners as I feel I need some input. It means I have to miss Benedict Koehler’s presentation, though. Just can’t seem to fit everything in to one of these weekends .
djm
in the firescribble interview (http://www.firescribble.net/flute/molloy.html) he says the Bothy Band albums were recorded w/ a Rudall, which suggests something a bit less than 28 years? or is there more to the story? Molloy says the first solo album was made w/ an Eb flute he was given. is that the same Boosey Pratten he has played more recently?
inquiring minds & all.
tia! /dan
Thanks Kevin for setting us straight on Loretto’s flute on this track, and the album from which it came. Now I can stop looking for that benefactor for an Olwell!
I’d like to take my original topic and go in a different direction, but it’s still related to the tone of Loretto’s flute.
Would you say it’s definitely a focused tone? Someone had written me a while back and in talking about the tone of her flutes, mentioned that it seemed that her unlined headed flutes had a more unfocused tone, whereas the lined ones seemed to be more focused.
I’m trying to pin down all that I can about what I like in a flute, tonewise, so I can make the right decision when I purchase one. Especially since no one has come forward with the magic “my flute sounds just like Loretto’s”! 
Got any ideas?
Actually, perhaps all the flute players have been wondering when they would hear from me. I promise to get to it in the New Year,
Unfortunately, besides the previously mentioned death of my brother (rare melanoma), which has of course been disruptive to our family, I’ve also been feeling like crap for months, with little energy.
A battery of tests now show a staghorn calculus, surgery due Dec. 27th, followup on Jan. 10th. This “thing”, 5x4 cm (that’s right C) in its largest dimension (and that’s only 2 of them), has been obstructing the function of my left kidney, and probably responsible for high blood pressure and feeling a bit “toxic”. I am so annoyed.
WARNING: Here’s a gross example, in context, click at your peril (URL rather than posting the image in the thread - yuck):
http://www.webpathology.com/slides/slides/Kidney_StaghornCalculus_Gross.jpg
and the stones themselves:
http://www.urologystone.com/CH12TheStoneGame/stoneChoiceB.html
Oh, man, Kevin, I hope all goes well with the surgery and you make a full and speedy recovery. I also hope next year goes better than this year did.
Kevin - one of the doctors I worked with on a prior job had the same problem…cleared up his high blood pressure right away when taken care of.
Good luck and good health,
Eric
Kevin, I’m sorry about that, hope all goes well.
And to Dan: Matt’s first solo album “Mulligan” was made 29 years ago, and all the original Bothy Band recordings seems to be dating back to the mid 70’s as well. There was a “best of” released in 1988 but as it’s called “best of” they probably didn’t record anything new for that one. My thoery still holds 
Can anyone else bring more light to the matter?
Well, I could’ve sworn she said otherwise, but I have no reason to doubt Kevin. I have more reason to doubt my recollection. 
I don’t think she even has the Lambe anymore. Or if it’s playable if she does. She’s an Olwell girl now.
Stuart
Ah, you can hear a great deal of Pat’s flute playing on “The Galway Rambler”, a CD of Ena O’Brien, which he also produced (2001)
Kevin Krell
Pat played some pretty tasty flute licks on the Rare Air albums. Wasn’t he part of that line-up with John Skelton, Jerry O’Sullivan, et al. called “Windbags” or somesuch?
Cheers,
Aaron
As far as Molloy goes, he states that all the Bothy stuff was on the Rudall. He already had the Boosey E-flat at the time as well though, and recorded the Peoples-Molloy-Brady album, and the “Black” album with the Boosey E-flat. I believe he aquired the Pratten after that. I do know that the “Contentment is Wealth” album had the Pratten, no mistaking the tone. Even though the player is responsible for much of the tonal characteristics, you can hear the difference when compared to his work with the Rudall. I think the Pratten just suits him more. Very personal fits these sticks are. I’m still trying to decide what I like best. I’ve played 2 Byrne Rudalls, both an Olwell Pratten and Nicholson, 2 McGee Rudalls, several Seery Prattens, an early Michael Cronolly polymer, an old German thing, a Healy, and an Eamonn Cotter. So far, I liked the Cotter the best. Perhaps it doesn’t have the same cachet as a Byrne or Olwell, but, wow, could I fire off the tunes on it! Super responsive, crisp ornamentation…it just fit me better than the others…too bad it’s not mine!
In short, try as many out as you can, find the flute that works best for you, not what’s best for other players. It can be tough if you haven’t got the opportunity, I was fortunate enough to get to try other flutes at sessions and through friends.
EXACTLY! Very well said, Corin!
That’s just why I hate the comparison stuff for the purpose of helping people pick a flute. I think they’re interesting in that it allows you to listen to someone play several different flutes, but all it tells you, really, for the amateurs is which flute they’ve practiced the most, and for the pros which one they like the most.
That said, there are some makers whose work I think (and many others think) is pretty top-notch and quite consistent. You’ll notice that Corin didn’t say that Olwells suck; rather, he felt like the Cotter was the best fit for him. So I don’t think a beginner could go wrong with any of the good makers’ instruments . . .
But we digress. I just had to pounce on the chance to point out an excellent example which just happens to agree with my opinion.
And it is just opinion.
Back to your regularly-hijacked thread.
Stuart