Tipple Flutes, a low cost option.

Irish Flute
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Enda Seery, a professional flutist in Streamstown, Co. Westmeath, Ireland recently purchased a Tipple low C pvc flute. After opening the box he sat down and recorded a video of him playing a slow air.At my website site on the “audio files page” you will find other videos and mp3 files that he has recorded with my flute. I’m proud of the way that my flute sounds in his hands. Blackwood, pvc, it’s pretty hard to tell the difference, in my opinion, however there is a big difference in the price.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UJiOL7BhWc

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sounds great …!
marin

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Tipple flutes are great, so is Enda Seery.

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I’ve started to play with them. They are really good for their price…!

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I wanted a B flute to play with pipes. I know they are a challenge because of their size so I thought I’ll get a Tipple flute first to see if I can manage it before I spend the big bucks on a wooden one. Well, I’ve found out that I can manage it and I also found I don’t need to spend the big bucks. The Tipple flute plays just wonderfully and is very easy to look after. The black plastic in colour and lustre looks amazingly similar to blackwood too. I enjoy playing it just as much as my big name wooden d flutes. All power to your elbow Doug, no one need play a crappy instrument just because they can’t afford it.

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Now that the primary importance of materials to flute tone is scientifically accepted as a subjective fallacy, can we at last acknowledge that the only reason Doug Tipple’s pvc flutes are not accepted as among the very best is because of the remaining damage done to their reputation by their price?


Best wishes,

Keith.

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Thanks for your kind comments, fellows. However, with regard to the question of comparing my cylindrical-bore pvc flutes to good-quality conical-bore flutes that most traditional Irish musicians play, I have the comments of a couple of first-class flute players, as well as my own, discussing this issue on the FAQ page at my website. This question and answer is about half-way down on the page. http://tippleflutes.com/frequently-asked-questions/

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I believe the short answer to your question is “no”. Unless it was rhetorical, in which case, carry on.