Hi everybody from Asturies(North of Spain). I have just received my new low Bb flute and I´ve had problems to find a box or a case to keep it. It´s BIGGER than I had expected!!! Could you please tell me of anybody who makes that kind of boxes?
I also would like to know of Irish players CD´s using this kind of flute. I usually listen only to Asturian and Breton music, and would like to “embiggen” my background.
Thanks!!
Asturion!
I too love the low Bb flute. I’m waiting on delivery of an Olwell–should be very soon!
To the best of my knowledge, I do not know of one CD that features EXCLUSIVELY the low Bb, but many have some selections using the flute.
An exception to this, is the Matt Malloy’s CD, Shadows on Stone. Fabulous! He uses the low Bb on more than half the tunes. You will love this. A must have. He plays the Bb on other CDs as well: On Heathery Breeze CD, the tunes Drowsy Maggie and Heathery Breeze/Long Strand are breathtaking, to use an a propos pun.
I’ve never heard a Lehart low Bb, but if it is like his D flutes, I’m sure it is a wonderful flute. Enjoy!
G
Sorry I wrote your name incorrectly!
G
THANKS!!!
Man, the Bb really is a monster. I recently had a chance to play a Michael Grinter Bb and I’m here to tell you that my arms still hurt from trying to keep the thing in the air (ok, slight embellishment); but the sound was wonderful. It seemed to move as quickly as a D. I didn’t have any problems with the reach - which I thought that I would with my little bitty hands. After I complete my 2 year body fitness program, I may consider getting one 
Sorry Asturies, no answers to your question, but just thought that I’d chime in on Bb’s.
Having been a confirmed Gilles Lehart addict for about the last year, I spent some time looking for the exact same thing! Some of the best I’ve found for Lehart Bb’s are:
Any of Jean-Michel Veillon’s solo albums (fantastic in their own right, but all feature him on a Lehart Bb)
Michael McGoldrick’s “Fused” has one track that’s on a Lehart Bb and absolutely stunning.
If you can find it, Sylvain Barou’s new group Sualtam has him playing one.
Kevin Crawford’s new album “In Good COmpany” has him playing a Grinter Bb on several tracks. Very nice, but a little stodgily trad.
Enjoy and regards,
Jamey.
Um, I guess I do have an answer. Duh! I was playing Mr. Finnegan’s flute, so “Flook [edited spelling of ‘Fluke’ to avoid confusion] - Rubai” may have [replaced ‘has’ with ‘may have’ to indicate the appropriate level of uncertainty] a couple of tracks with a Bb. Sorry, my brain cut out there.
Erik
[ This Message was edited by: ErikT on 2002-06-08 14:25 ]
Erik,
You sure Brain is playing a Low Bb somewhere on that CD…
Loren
BTW, it’s “Flook” not “Fluke” these days. I only mention this for those who might try to do search for info…
Regards,
“Loren”, not “Lauren”
No, not sure… it’s in the CD liner, though. Perhaps he’s just saying that he (in general) plays a Grinter Bb.
Yeah, Flook. Sorry, the CD’s sitting right in front of me. Must be the professional copy editor in me.
Erik
Did I ever tell you that my father’s name is Loren (not Lauren) as is my son’s middle name.
And, I also saw a sign for a Bookbinder in Salzburg, Austria. I didn’t have my camera at the time, but thought of you just the same.
Erik
Ab out tracks with low Bbs.
I agree about Crawford’s Bb playing on In Good Gompany. Becuase of the alto nature of the flute, he could have featured it a bit more on that album. But it gets lost with the violin. Others do much better to bring it out:
Seamus Egan and Laurence Nugent on the Olwell’s, and McGoldrick on Fused. But Malloy just sounds brilliant, brilliant on the thing in recordings–he plays this antique Hawke Bb, which Olwell played and felt unimpressed. Oh really, Pat? We’ll see. Sarah in Flook does a great jazzy job on it as well.
On 2002-06-09 05:38, gcollins wrote:
Sarah in Flook does a great jazzy job on it as well.
G.,
Does Sarah actually play a wooden Bb? I have a video of flook playing a live gig, and in it Sarah plays only Boehm flutes, mostly alto. I sort of got the impression that she’s a Boehm girl, if you know what I mean. Can anyone confirm or deny this based on actual conversations with Sarah, or Brian, or perhaps having seen them at at gig?
Erik,
You’re right, of course, about the Grinter Bb being listed on the liner notes of the new CD, I had forgotten about that. With all of Sarah’s alto flute going on in the tunes, it’s hard to make out if there’s a wooden Bb in there at times, although I gave a brief listen last night, and is sounded to me if maybe Track 5 was done with the Bb. I got interrupted before having a chance to listen to the rest of the CD, so I’ll have to try to pick out any other Bb stuff another time.
I really wish Brian would list in the liner notes which whistle and flute keys he’s using - In the live video he played at least 6 different instruments Three Keys of whistles, the Wilkes D flute, and at least two Olwell cane flutes. There could have been even more whistle keys and Olwells that he used that I missed.
Loren
Loren,
I saw Flook last November. Yes, she playes Boehm flutes exclusively. What a pity!
Christian