new Grinter design

[Hornpiper]

So a little bird told me about a new flute that Mike Grinter is coming out with or has already where he’s somehow combining a Pratten-type head with a Rudall-ish-type body. Anyone else heard about this or seen/tried it? Sounds groovy…

Ben

[GaryKelly]

What’s the difference between a “Pratten-type head” and “Ruddall-type head”?

[Hornpiper]

I dunno, Pratten’s bigger? Rudall’s smaller?

I smell a huge thread coming on…

[GaryKelly]

@Hornpiper

I dunno, Pratten’s bigger? Rudall’s smaller?

I smell a huge thread coming on…

I smell a wind-up. I think you’ve been had.

[treeshark]

So sort of a Mercedes with a Jaguar engine then?

[Loren]

Edited to avoid misunderstandings.

Loren

[chas]

Didn’t Andrew say something about a Pratten-type Grinter he’d played awhile back?

It may have been in this thread:

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=28370

[smoro]

As far as I know Grinter did a new design changing the foot part of the flute, putting a bit wider bore of that section. It seems to be that McGoldrick was not completely happy with his first Grinter, he could not get the volume that he got form the Lehart, so Michael Grinter made a new flute for him with this new design that made McGoldrick happy.
Serafin.

[blaynechastain]

I don’t think that Mike would call it a “Pratten” headjoint. I imagine those are someone elses words. I’ve played a few of his new ones. More “open” & “ballsy” than his previous model. ( That said… Crawford get’s a hefty tone our of Mike’s original model. ) A bit easier to access initially. Still handles like a Rudall though.

[Hornpiper]

I wrote Herr Grinter to find out for myself, and he wrote the following in his reply:

‘With regard to your questions..
I am making a new design flute, but it isn’t true that it has a Pratten style head and a Rudall type body. The flute is still based on a Rudall and Rose model, but I have made a few modifications and it is stronger and more powerful all over than my other model. However, having said that it still has a lovely tone. You can hear the flute on Mike McGoldrick’s new album - “Wired” and this will give you a better idea of the sound of the instrument than trying to descibe it.’

There it is. I’m thinking of ordering one.

Ben

[talasiga]

@Hornpiper

I wrote Herr Grinter to find out for myself, and he wrote the following in his reply:

‘With regard to your questions..
I am making a new design flute, but it isn’t true that it has a Pratten style head and a Rudall type body. The flute is still based on a Rudall and Rose model, but I have made a few modifications and it is stronger and more powerful all over than my other model. However, having said that it still has a lovely tone. You can hear the flute on Mike McGoldrick’s new album - “Wired” and this will give you a better idea of the sound of the instrument than trying to descibe it.’

The sweet smell of a another great Australian woodwind maker, no wind up involved.

[boyd]

@Hornpiper

I wrote Herr Grinter to find out for myself, and he wrote the following in his reply:

‘With regard to your questions..
I am making a new design flute, but it isn’t true that it has a Pratten style head and a Rudall type body. The flute is still based on a Rudall and Rose model, but I have made a few modifications and it is stronger and more powerful all over than my other model. However, having said that it still has a lovely tone. You can hear the flute on Mike McGoldrick’s new album - “Wired” and this will give you a better idea of the sound of the instrument than trying to descibe it.’

There it is. I’m thinking of ordering one.

Ben

What sort of price do you reckon it would be??


Boyd

[boyd]

@Hornpiper

I wrote Herr Grinter to find out for myself, and he wrote the following in his reply:

‘With regard to your questions..
I am making a new design flute, but it isn’t true that it has a Pratten style head and a Rudall type body. The flute is still based on a Rudall and Rose model, but I have made a few modifications and it is stronger and more powerful all over than my other model. However, having said that it still has a lovely tone. You can hear the flute on Mike McGoldrick’s new album - “Wired” and this will give you a better idea of the sound of the instrument than trying to descibe it.’

There it is. I’m thinking of ordering one.

Ben

What sort of price do you reckon it would be??


Boyd

[boyd]

@Hornpiper

I wrote Herr Grinter to find out for myself, and he wrote the following in his reply:

‘With regard to your questions..
I am making a new design flute, but it isn’t true that it has a Pratten style head and a Rudall type body. The flute is still based on a Rudall and Rose model, but I have made a few modifications and it is stronger and more powerful all over than my other model. However, having said that it still has a lovely tone. You can hear the flute on Mike McGoldrick’s new album - “Wired” and this will give you a better idea of the sound of the instrument than trying to descibe it.’

There it is. I’m thinking of ordering one.

Ben

What sort of price do you reckon it would be??


Boyd

[Henke]

Triple posting, nicely done

[Cathy_Wilde]

So … it’s got a bigger bore, right?

(right?)
(right?)

(triple post condensed for space efficiency)

[blaynechastain]

Same price as his other model. Bore size is very similar to my Pratten Olwell.

[Loren]

@McChastain

Bore size is very similar to my Pratten Olwell.

Define similar: As Skip Healy would say, a few thousandths of an inch is acres, to a flute maker…



Loren

[blaynechastain]

to the eye it’s similar… haven’t gone measuring with calipers!

[talasiga]

@Loren

@McChastain

Bore size is very similar to my Pratten Olwell.

Define similar: As Skip Healy would say, a few thousandths of an inch is acres, to a flute maker…

I don’t believe similar = same.