Tokyo Flute Meeting

Irish Flute
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Several Irish flute players in Tokyo got together last night.

Here are the flutes folks brought!!

We talked about the flutes, swapped and played together!!

It was fun, indeed!!

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Was Kozo Toyota there? Met him in Tubbercurry this year. Nice chap and a great player.

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Ken Matsusaka? Hatao (Tomoaki Hatakeyama)?

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The boxwood 8 key on the end of the row, looks like the Firth, Hall & Pond that I worked on a couple of years ago.

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Lowden,
Thanks for hosting the meeting!

Gabriel,
Yes, He was.
He introduced to us a lovely Derlin flute made by Vincenzo Di Mauro.

MTGuru,
Hatao-san or Ken-san wasn’t there.
They live away from Tokyo…

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Jon C
Yes, it was your great job that brought this beautiful flute back to life… :thumbsup:

Kumamo
Thanks for coming :wink: .

As far as I remember, there were over 20 flutes as follows;

Patrick Olwell African Blackwood Keyless Pratten D (+ C & Eb Middle Section)
Patrick Olwell African Blackwood Keyless Pratten Bb
Michael Grinter African Blackwood 8-Key Rudall D
Rudall & Rose Cocuswood 8-key D
Firth Hall & Pond Boxwood 8-key D
Boosey Pratten Perfected Cocuswood 8-key D
Sam Murray African Blackwood Keyless D
Hammy Hamilton Blackwood 6-key Eb
Michael Grinter Cocobolo 8-Key Rudall D
Rudall & Rose Radcliff Model D
Terry McGee African Blackwood Keyless C
Michael Grinter African Blackwood 6-Key Rudall D
Michael Grinter African Blackwood 8-Key Rudall Eb
Michael Grinter African Blackwood Keyless Rudall C
Gilles Lehart African Blackwood Keyless Bb
Vincenzo Di Mauro Derlin Keyless D
Desi Seery Derlin Keyless D
Casey Burns African Blackwood Keyless D
Gilles Lehart African Blackwood Keyless D
Arie De Keyzer African Blackwood Keyless D
Sam Murray African Blackwood 5-key D
Desi Seery Derlin Keyless D
Dixon PVC Keyless D

Please let me know if I miss any…

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We had the 2nd Tokyo Irish Flute Meeting last night!

Mr. Ciaran Somers came all the way from County Carlow, and his sound was terrific :boggle: !!

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Inspiring indeed. Good to see so many flute players in Japan. We were in Kyoto in 2008, and met some fine musicians in the Field pub there, where there is a regular session, Wednesdays and even Sundays think. Hatao was there too, great musician. Ciaran Somers is also a great musican, lucky to get him. Thanks for the photos of the flutes. No Wilkes flutes in Japan then? :slight_smile: