I’ve been asked a few times for pictures of my Gallagher Pratten Reproduction (Boosey). Well… I can do better than that. For a while there I was trying out his Rudall & Rose Reproduction so I was able to photograph both together for comparison.
Cheers,
Wow. Beautiful flutes. How much does he charge and how long is the wait?
He’s charging about as much as the rest of the top makers. Here are his contact details:
John Gallagher
Elkins, West Virginia, USA
Tel: +1 (304) 636-8688
Cheers,
God … you make the best pictures of flute I’ve never seen! 
Leo
Thanks! But “Blayne” will suffice!
Yes great flutes… I love that Rudall with very small holes.
But just a stupid question, which Gallagher is that ? The Firescribble directory gives two ones…
Matt, that is the Gallagher who makes primarily flutes who as opposed to Seth Gallagher who makes uilleann pipes as well.
What all do you, Blayne, do for those pictures like this and the one you had of that Copley? They look like they are film and not digital. What kind of backdrop? What film speed? What kind of lighting?
Cheers,
Aaron
I’m sworn to secrecy! 
I will say that I’m using a Nikon D100 Digital SLR…
Such a good picture that John Gallagher sends them out to customers, Blayne! He sent me this photo a couple months back when I called him to see how much longer it’d be until my flute was done (I’m getting a six-key Pratten).
Nice work, both by flutemaker and photographer.
It’s nice to have a picture to drool over to tide you over isn’t it!?
As one of my favorite folk singer/songwriters (John Gorka) once wrote:
“The mean time is a mean time…”
True 'dat.
He may not say, but I’m thinking he’s got the flutes on a sheet of butcher’s paper on
a table in a mostly unfurnished room. There’s a large square flourescent light in the
ceiling with excellent diffusion. The light is almost directly over the camera, which is
about five feet away from the flutes. The camera is mounted on a tripod, manually
adjusted to low sensitivity and long exposure time.
At least, that’s where I’d start if I wanted to recreate this shot.
That would certainly yield good results! We are setup with pro gear because we take alot of photos but there’s no reason why you couldn’t achieve similar results with a homemade setup.
Thanks for the input Chris.
Best,
Does Mr Gallagher think of salt spoon C keys on the foot joint as a feature of Rudall & Rose flutes ?
Hmm, you must not be kidding about that sworn to secrecy if you resisted the temptation
to correct my proposed setup! Darn it all… 
–Chris
I’ve spent a week or so with that Rudall. It’s an excellent flute. You can pop holes in your sheet rock with the bottem D. Best to play near an open window.
Doc
John sent me this pic as well. I just put in an order a week or two ago for one of his Pratten style flutes… 
I can hardly wait
You know… he probably does! You should call him at once to correct this horrible error!
He is probably confusing them with Willis.
There is nothing wrong with copying this early style of flute - I have a very similar instrument myself which I have long suspected is by Willis, and which is a lovely flute to play.
The difference is that I don’t pretend that it is a Rudall & Rose copy !
Andrew K get with the program -we’re now in the twentieth century and modern flutes are here to stay. Personally I think the flutes look great and as they’re ‘modern’ I expect they’ll be in tune and play well - I know you can find lots of old bargains but to my mind it’s rather like horse trading. Why not do what our 18th and 19 century forbears did and go to a reputable dealer and buy a current model? At exorbitant prices- but wasn’t that always the case?
i prefer to think of myself in the 21st century, but go ahead and live in the past if you wish