What maker could this have been?

Good evening all in C & F land!!!

This past weekend I was at the New York State Ren-Faire, and heard a very talented quartet play some classic folk songs, ranging from “The Scotsman’s Kilt”, to “Where the Three Counties Meet”. I was happily enthralled by their performance, and showed them with a healthy “tip” in their collection hat. :party:

Unfortunately, I was with a group of impatient “Non-Trads”, who didn’t value the experience as much as I. So I unfortunately missed asking their flute/whistle player what instruments he was using. I have never seen their like before. And they were quite stunning. The whistles and flute seemed to be of a matched set. They were black polymer, or dark/black wood, with gold ferrules, and the flute had Gold keywork. (Possibly an 8-key “boehm-style”?)

Additionally, The whistles, (Looked like an E-flat, D, and C), all had an unusual fipple. There was no real “lip” on it. It was just a diagonal cut, leading up to the windway. Kind of like a Clark original, but it was rounded at the top, so that the back of the fipple looked like an oval on a diagonal. And the “block” seemed to be part of the whistle cylinder, rather than an inserted block.

If anyone has seen them perform, or has seen a maker’s product line that matches the description, I would be grateful for any info that they could pass on to me.

P.S. The sound from these were all incredible! The upper end of the second octave was surprisingly mellow. And I am positive that he was pushing into the third octave quite effortlessly on no less than 3 separate occaisions.

Thank you all in advance for any considerations put forth towards this end. Even if you do not come up with an idea for what these might be, I appreciate your taking a moment to attempt a solution. :slight_smile:

Sincerely,

Kenneth

Silly me!

I used a precious brain cell, and took a moment to look up the N.Y. Renaissance Festival performer’s roster… :roll:

The band is named Coeur de Lion , and the whistler/flautist’s name is Michael Peters. Unfortunately, the website fails to mention what instruments he’s using. (Not that I would expect it to.)

The link is here:

http://www.mpetersco.com/CDL/index.html

I hope that this helps to “jog” someone’s memory.

Thank you again,

Kenneth

This looks like a normal modern Boehm system to me, there are some good pictures in the “photo” section. No idea about the maker, though. Email the band and ask them?

Sonja

They seem to be Abells.

Great costume though I did not wear weaponry at my fair as I figured my Sweetheart and Susato high D were weapons enough.

Chris Abell. For sure.