Seery flute knowledge needed please

Irish Flute
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I have just got a Seery keyless flute - D
It plays nicely, but is too quiet.

The flute I have is definately quieter than the Dixon, Tipple, Alba flutes that
I’ve got, and I’m wondering if they’ve sent me a ‘junior’ because I was
led to believe they were loud.
The holes are deffy’ smaller than the other flutes, although
in the same location down the tube.

Would somebody with a recent one please do me a favour and measure the hole diameters? Mine are:-

1 8mm
2 10mm
3 8mm
4 8mm
5 11mm
6 7mm

Thanks

2

i came up with the same measurements. it just takes a bit getting used to, mine’s loud enough.
it’s not a junior. some flutes are much louder again, but they’ll require some more practice…

3

The volume of my Seery is almost on a par my Hamilton. It’s not a quiet flute at all.

It is a harder flute to fill, though, and it does take some getting used to. The reward is the wonderful, rich, warm tones it can produce.

–James

4

Those are pretty close to mine (mine were done with a metric ruler, so I had to guess a bit on size).

A Seery’s definitely a loud flute - much louder for sure than a Dixon (if you’re talking the three piece - I had one).

I think the Seery takes a bit of work to find it’s sweet spot, and it takes some work to fill.

With time, you can definitely get that focused sound Prattens can get (as mentioned by Brad in a recent thread).

Eric

5

Thanks for your replies guys.

I half suspected the fault was the player :blush:

But it does mean that lots of time can be spent
learning to play it instead of … :smiley:

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I guess there is always the possibility that the emb. hole isn’t quite right. You might take a look around in there and see if there is a burr or something. If you find such a thing, take it to a good flute maker (or back to Seery) and have it finished off. I wouldn’t recommend trying to do this yourself.

Also, try having some good players honk on the flute to test it out. Try to find Pratten style flute players and get their opinion. Odds are they can make it play well and it is just a matter of you getting your stream of air focused enough to find the sweet spot.