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Personally, I get the best results from a pair of small diaphragm condensers that I setup in X/Y stereo.

I bit the bullet and ordered a fully restored vintage Rudall, Rose, and Carte from London Flutes. It's an 18th century model, so there's no metal liner, which means no cracks. Oddly, I prefer the old style headjoint on my Irish flute to a modern headjoint with a raised lip plate, so I'm pretty thril...

My Boehm flute is currently unplayable due to a need for maintenance, so I've been primarily using my traditional Irish flute. As I've been recording a bit lately, I find that I prefer the rich tone tone of the Irish flute, however, I'd prefer not to be stuck in the key of D/Bm for the rest of my li...

Gandalfe wrote:Can you do your own arrangements?

Sure can!

Isn't it easier to find plateau key flutes in Europe? I have heard it said that the open hole/B foot phenomenon is an American thing. I am planning on biting the bullet on a new flute after the first of they year, and was considering moving to a plateau key flute, as I pretty much only use the open ...

Bummer. I live on an outer island, so using them would still require me to ship it off. Is the pivot something I can fix/adjust myself? Not really, It requires it to be reprofiled a bit and shortened every so slightly. IF, it is a cylindrical pivot, you might be able to just file the pilot end a bi...

What island is Music Center of Hawaii on? I'm on the Big Island, and the only place I'm aware of on this island that does anything at all is a furniture store in Hilo. I did check the C rod, and I've found that if I loosen the C rod tiny bit, it works ok... for about 5 mins, then sticks again. Hono...

I'm having an issue with my A# key. It seems to be getting stuck partway up. The pad isn't sticking, but the key doesn't seem to be moving freely. It seems to have a tiny bit of resistance. I had this instrument completely overhauled by the manufacturer just a couple of months ago, and I'm kind of ...

I'm having an issue with my A# key. It seems to be getting stuck partway up. The pad isn't sticking, but the key doesn't seem to be moving freely. It seems to have a tiny bit of resistance. I had this instrument completely overhauled by the manufacturer just a couple of months ago, and I'm kind of s...

If there is interest, I'd love to do a flute forum collaborative jam. I've done a few of these over at a guitar forum that I frequent and it's been a ton of fun. Here's how it works: I'll create and upload a fairly simple looping backing track and give everyone the key and chord progression. Partici...

I'm going to be in the SF bay area next month, and would like to take the opportunity to shop for a new flute. There simply isn't anyplace out here on the Big Island that carries that sort of thing. Specifically, I'd like to try out a Muramatsu EX and a Sankyo CF401. Any suggestions would be helpful...

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Would anyone know where I might purchase sheet music for Ian Anderson's Eurology? I absolutely love the piece and my buddy google hasn't come through for me on this one.


Thanks!

I recently sent my flute back to the mainland for a complete overhaul, and since it's come back to me, I can't put it down. I've been converting some of my lead guitar parts in one of my bands to flute solos. My other band is more of a traditional folk/celtic rock sort of thing. I've been looking fo...

Thanks for the info... When I initially started researching, Terry McGee was one of the first sites that came up. Then I saw that he's not taking orders.

Since I live on a tropical island, should I consider a delrin flute, or will I be good with Casey's blackwood flute?

I'm interested in purchasing a traditional Irish flute to use in my Celtic band. I'm currently looking at a Casey Burns folk flute in blackwood, but I'm really out of my element here. Couple that with the fact that I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific and can't really try anything out, I...