seery delrin D and M&E R&R

Irish Flute
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Hi everyone,

I’m thinking of buying either a M&E R&R or a Seery Delrin, Pratten style. My hands are rather smallish, and I’m not sure which flute would be more comfortable for me (I’m rather fond of Prattens, but I don’t want to struggle with the finger stretch). Could you give me some rough measurements of the distances between the toneholes (center-to-center) of these two flutes? Or perhaps recommend something?

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get the M&E !!!

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Listen to Eilam on this one. As usual, he’s right. :smiley: The M&E “R&R” model has a great sound and the holes are not as large as the Seery’s. Oh, and pay a little extra for the rings. They make the flute look so much better. Michael Cronnolly is a wonderful person with whom to deal.
Paul

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I’d email Doc Jones through his web shop - http://irishflutestore.com/

There is a smaller hands model of Seery that he has in stock, as well as the standard model and the M&E so he probably can guide you on which one would best fit your needs.

Personally, I’m a Seery guy, but the finger stretch does feel harder on the Seery than an M&E…but that’s the standard Seery not the small hands model.

Eric

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If you want a Pratten why settle on a Rudall you might regret it later so the finger stretch might take a bit of getting used to so what.

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Thanks for the help:) Does anyone have a Howard Low Whistle, and can compare the stretch of a Seery to Howard? Especially the bottom two holes?

I think I fell hopelessly in love with Pratten flutes after listening to Kornog and J.M.Veillon last week:)

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Hello Jakub,

Here are the measurements on the Seery Large hole (SLH) and Seery small hole (SSH) and M&E Rudall Rose (M&E)

Left hand stretch:

SLH 3 6/32 inches
SSH 3 6/32 inches
M&E 3 3/32 inches

Right hand stretch

SLH 3 6/32 inches
SSH 3 5/32 inches
M&E 2 28/32 inches

Largest hole diameter (5th hole)

SLH 13/32 inches
SSH 14/32 inches
M&E 13/32 inches

Sixth hole diameter

SLH 9/32 inches
SSH 7/32 inches
M&E 7/32 inches

As you can see, the M&E and SSH have similar hole sizes but the SSH is noticibly wider than the M&E and slightly smaller than the SLH.

The SSH is noticibly easier to play (reach-wise) than the SLH and the M&E is noticibly easier to play than either.

The sound of the SLH is powerful, brash, loud, with a lot of bark and honk when desired.

The SSH is slightly less loud, but more focused, so it actually doesn’t seem much less loud. It’s a great flute and in no way inferior to the SLH in my mind just different. Ornamentation on the SSH is crisper and faster than on the SLH because of the finger spread and hole sizes. It still has the sound character of a Pratten style flute but is more laser focused. It’s quite wonderful.

The M&E has a rounder, woodier, warmer sound typical of Rudall style flutes. It has plenty of volume but I’m not sure it’s as loud as either of the Seerys. Still plenty loud for playing in a session.





Cheers,

Doc

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Thanks, Doc, the measurements really helped!!! The stretch of a M&E is about the biggest I can handle comfortably, so I guess I’ll have to go with this one.

Thanks again for your help, it cleared things a bit.

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And you will never regret it, ever!

If you order directly from Michael, you might be able to request a more rounded rectangle embouchure with a wider blowing edge. My custom Cocobolo headjoint has an embouchure hole like this, it’s sort in the shape of a D if you’d imagine the flute body extending upwards in the text. I think it sounds a bit more Prattenesque than the standard rounder hole, don’t know if it’s all in the hole though, it’s obviously quite different from the standard head being only partially lined and wood.
Anyway, I don’t think it matters too much, you’ll learn to like the M&E anyway, and it’s a very versatile flute, you can learn to make it sound basically anyway you want it to sound, that’s my experience anyway.