As I was responding to a PM, it occurred to me that I should mention that I’ll be out of circulation from 3 August for at least a week (and conceivably considerably more!) getting both knees replaced. So don’t expect any responses in that week, and maybe some pretty grumpy ones in the weeks that follow!
Anyone for a discussion on the role of science in flutemaking?
(Hmmm, where’s the “All Sweetness and Light” emoticon?) 
Totally Legless, of Malua Bay.
terry, i wish you a fast recovery.
knowing you, you’ll use that time in a great and beneficial way.
best wishes, eilam.
terry, all the best from netherlands too.
may your legs (and hands!) serve you (and us!!) many more years and please be nice to the wife.
All the best Terry.
If you get grumpy, then join us on the uilleann forum, you will be in good company.
David
All the best Terry.i hope that everything be ok…
take care ,marin
Oh, WOW. Good luck, and I hope you recover at superhuman speed! It’ll be worth it in the long … um, hobble. 
All the best Terry! I hope you’ll be back running at 66 mph as a Six Million Dollar Man… and you certanly worth much more than just 6kk $!
All the best and a quick recovery!
Thanks all; hoping to be back soon …
I’ll have to be - she’ll be doing the cooking! (normally my job)
I wasn’t planning on being that grumpy!
Terry
Terry, hang on to the old kneecaps - you can make endcaps…and maybe a ring or two out of them.
Reminds me of a pipemaker who told me he’d bought some old ivory billiard balls and was going to get a dentist to make him a set of false teeth from them.
A speedy recovery to you anyway!
Garry
Hope you heal quickly. Take care. Terry!
a vacation and new knees!!! I’m so jealous!!!
Oh, man, Terry! Don’t rush the recovery, and be damned sure you get a LOT of physical therapy afterward. Best wishes for a full recovery.
Terry, you’ve probably heard this sort of thing a million times already, but my mom recently had one knee replaced and now it’s better than her good one. She wonders why she hadn’t done it sooner.
All the best, and heal fast: your customer waiting list ain’t gonna shorten itself. 
You know, for as ghoulish as it is, that’s a GREAT idea. Never mind the tired obvious jokes about really putting yourself into your work, let’s talk about truly unique collectibles, and market value? Sure you’d be speculating on the tastes of a rarified clientele, but please. Cha-CHING, baby. 
Heh heh, I remember when I was young and going to catholic schools being shown a crucifix allegedly containing a “holy relic”. Do you not think I might be regarded a little pre-emptive including holy relics in my flutes before my Beatification is formally announced?
Terry
The McGee gets repadded - there’s always more life in an old flute!
Best wishes for the job at hand and for a speedy return to active playfulness!
Now thinking of anyone messing with my knees gives me the horrors, so you have my fullest sympathy, Terry!
Since you will be off your feet for a while, I figured I should get off my backside and dig up that thesis I’ve been threatening to send for 5 or 6 years…(too bad it was for closed end though…)
Jack
All the best Terry 
Let’s not push it. 
Terry McGee. The world’s first bionic flute maker!
Best of luck Terry.
Patrick