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Acoustically speaking. This is firmly in the snake oil camp... to the egress... Their claim is that it serves as a bridge between the head an the body of the flute. I can see how this might be a factor with a sax, where cork acts like a damper, but the metal of the head joint is already flush conta...

Acoustically speaking. This is firmly in the snake oil camp... to the egress...

No you are correct, That should be increase. You need to pull the cork out. It seems the last corrections I made to that article didn't get to the webmaster before uploading. Thanks,

I'll have that corrected next week

You're understanding seems to be correct..

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pied_piper wrote:search the forum for a posting by Joe Butkevicious about setting the cork position

Butkevicius.. I tell people I'm not vicious

You'll need a 0.9mm (.035") allen for all Pearls Pearl sells the Bondhaus 0.89mm but the 0.9mm works fine. Just depends on whether you want a long or short arm. http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/Hand-Tools/Screwdrivers-Hex-Keys/Hex-Torx-Keys/Hex-Keys-Accessories/Hex-Keys?navid=12103428+4288186602+4...

There are differences in feel to the player between cork and felt. Cork tends to admit a bit more key bounce than felt. That bothers some players. It is typical to utilize the same felt thickness for key tails and bend the key tail to remove lost motion. There is of course a right and a wrong way to...

Early 1920's Bundy serials are listed as 61255 (1920)- 175275 (1925) from what I can tell from the lists I have.

If you are going to be a performance major in college, your teacher may have other ideas on how much of a flute is necessary. Some will accept any of those models. Some will say you need at least the Altus or the Muramatsu, others will say that you need a higher model than any of those you mentioned...

It's far simpler to think of each note as Do, Re Mi, Fa Sol, La, Ti. By using the LH fingering of closing 2 or 2/3, you can get the flat seventh. (C natural) This basically allows you to play easily in two major diatonic keys and their relative minors (E or A minor, D dorian mode also) Transpose you...

Most likely somewhere between 1965 and 1970. 102 is probably the model, the serial # begins with the M. The letter prefix covered certain years. This one would be in that range.

The player is what makes the flute sound good, not what the flute is made of! Anyone who tells you any different is full of it.

Amen! Preach it Brother Phineas!

I use the Votaw pad cup heater on piccolos and clarinets. Have the Smith little torch oxy/acetylene for hard soldering. Acetylene and air for regular soldering. Don't care for the air torch...

No it will not stay. You should get it replaced. For future reference, the "water trick" is probably the least lasting temporary repair. You be better to wrap some tape around the cork. I've done some ghetto repairs on site and informed the owner to bring it to my shop to have it properly replaced. ...

4P made in 1987

Mode First Last Year
4P 84085 86599 1987