Anyone know something about this French flutemaker? I met him at the FIL in Lorient and quite liked the keyless flutes he had on display.
Thanks,
Christian
No, but Michael Jordan’s flutes are quite good. He’ll make more when he retires from his current stint.
I know Louis Jourdan well , flute making is quite new to him, but he has already made some interesting prototypes, keyless for the moment, but I met him at a festival recently and he told me that keys are under development…The quality of the woods he uses is impressive (blackwood & boxwood mainly)his models seem to be Rudall & Rose small holes copies.
Regards,
Sylvain
Sylvain,
I just sent you a private email. Thanks.
Christian
How about contact info. I’m looking for a small holed rudall in boxwood for a change from a lehart?
Thanks,
Patrick
You’re changing in a Lehart?! Patrick, you are a sick, sick man! 
On a serious note - what exactly about yours doesn’t please? I’m a certified Lehart-ophile myself, so it’d be interesting to know how the other half… thinks.
Regards,
Jamey.
Hello Jamey,
I guess I should have worded it differently. I have no plans to part w/ my lehart. I think the flute is fantastic. One thing is that it seems to be in tune w the slide all the way in and even then it is a little flat. Could be the way I’m blowing it. It’s perfectly in tune with itself. Also I think it is an older lehart it looks well played in and different from a brand new lehart I saw recently. I bought it second hand for 700 hundred its blackwood with six nickel (i think) keys and the bands seem to be copper. I just recently played an antique small hole ruddal and thought it was a nice difference in tone. Someone mentioned the flutes in question were small holed. The lehart had much larger holes in comparison. I actually want a flute in C with no tuning slide or rings, small holes, in box w/ a short fnat. key( or E flat in this case). Any suggestions? Does Lehart make a flute in c?
Hey, Patrick,
Wsheeew… glad to hear you’re “keeping the faith”! Odd to hear your problem with the tuning, though - after mine warms up, I have to crank the slide out about half an inch. Of course, this is an added problem, since I play “shouldered up”, and I have a bad habit of unconciously shoving the slide in mid-tune…
I think you might be able to talk M. Lehart into a C flute, but I don’t know about the box part. I don’t think I’ve ever seen our heard tell of any flute by him in boxwood.
You might try Chris Wilkes - he seems to be pretty pliant about fitting his customers’ exact needs. You also might try Peter Noy. If all you really need is some C flute, and pronto, you might want to try Olwell’s bamboo flutes in C. Trust me, they’re stellar - I played one belonging to Tom Doorley of Danu and almost made a break for the door with the thing.
Regards,
Jamey.