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WARNING : If you are not experienced with disassembling/reassembling your flute and comfortable gluing something into a tone hole , it's definitely best to leave this to the professionals... J.L. Smith sells High-E facilitators (donuts) similar to those installed by many flute makers. They are avai...

kodalyflutist wrote: Galway advocates holding the flute very tightly against the lower lip. I have observed him in masterclass asking flutists to anchor the flute tightly against the lower lip - so much so, that if someone else were to try to remove the flute from the lip of the player while playin...

Callidor, Another option for male flutists is to grow a beard or at least grow out the whiskers below the lower lip. If you prefer the slippery feel, the whiskers prevent the lip plate from sticking to the skin. Personally, I prefer no slipperiness. Occasionally, if I don't shave and then play, I fi...

I'd assume that the six-holed instruments are fingered the same (e.g. penny whistle, fife, folk flute) with lots of cross-fingerings. But how is the Meyer system flute fingered? (cflutist: I like your instruments too!) The Meyer system has little in common with the Boehm system except for the most ...

Since the range is very similar, the piccolo could certainly play tunes that were written for the D whistle. Of course there is a difference in the sound of the instruments, but a skilled player can certainly attempt to mimic the whistle qualities. Also, there are some embellishments that are easily...

Yamaha YPC-62

I HIGHLY recommend the Clark 'Meg' pennywhistle. It has a conical bore. Like a conical bore piccolo, it gives it a MUCH more pleasant sound. I got my Meg off of eBay and it only cost me about $3 + shipping.

Not as much as I'd like...

OK folks. I posted pics of some of my instrument collection (including my whistles) in the "Show Off" thread. Enjoy!

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Here's some of my collection... http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1160/flutes2jh3.jpg Yamaha YPC-62 Piccolo Muramatsu AD Flute Armstrong Model 80 Flute Unknown antique Meyer system Grenadilla Flute (I'm restoring it as time permits) Chinese Dizi Flute Homemade PVC Pipe Flute (I even undercut the em...

It depends upon which whistle you are talking about... The D Tin Whistle is the most common. See the whistle with the green fipple next to the Piccolo: http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4272/piccolowhistlefluteua8.jpg From top-to-bottom in the photo: Flute Low D Tin Whistle G Tin Whistle (red fippl...

I did try making a tin whistle from plans that I found on the internet. Making the body is simple - just buy brass tubing available at hobby stores and then drill holes of the correct size in the right places. It's easier if you start with an existing whistle and steal the fipple from it. The fipple...

Sinebar: fluteguy18 is exactly right. The tin whistle can play chromatically, but it requires a lot of half-holes and other odd finger combinations. See the fingerings here: http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/tinwhistle/ Some of these are more for the fife than the tin whistle, but most work even though th...

cyberflute - I too liked your web site very much - It has a very clean, professional appearance and some nice content to boot!

I've found that there seems to be a strong correlation in the thought processes between music and computers. I, too work in the computer industry as a system engineer/architect for one of the big computer/consulting firms, but it was a second career. I was a music teacher for 6 years but sort of fel...

This is certainly not a scientific study, but I've always kept a 3M anti-tarnish strip in my case since I got my flute. I put in a fresh one about every 6 months. I also wipe off the fingerprints with a microfiber cloth before returning it to the case. After 8 years, it is just now beginning to show...