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Author: march
Date: 2000-07-28 23:14
I always see in Bach or Haendel concerts there are wood flutes without keys with a wonderful sound. Who can tell me some more about them?
Thanks
March
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Author: Bill
Date: 2000-07-29 11:54
You are either referring to a renaissance keyless flute, or a one-keyed baroque flute which was the next step in flute evolution. It was popular in the 18th century, and is suited for playing music of the composers of the baroque period. Some of its other characteristics include (not abosolute): made of wood, conical bore, one-key, and 3 or 4 sections. The earliest had a head joint, middle joint, and foot joint. Pitch was not standardized, e.g., at A=440 Hz, during the 18th century. Later the middle joint was divided into upper and lower middle joints. One of the joints was also know as the corps de re'change. This joint came in varying lengths to allow the pitch to be changed, e.g., A=415 Hz or A=392 Hz. So, a flautist had to have a number of these sections. Flutes sometimes had an adjustable screw cap to vary the position of the cork in the head joint, and an adjustable foot register - needed to adjust the flute to a particular pitch. If you buy one today, you'd probably want to get a joint for A=440 Hz, and one or more joints for earyly music pitches.
Two web pages to check for more information are:
http://members.cruzio.com/~lars/BaroqueFluteCorner.html
http://www.baroqueflute.com/models.html
Hope this helps.
Bill
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Author: Peter
Date: 2000-08-14 16:39
Dear March,
If you are interested in Baroque flutes, you can read over the first part of James Galway's book. He wrote a great detail about it.
There is also manufacturer in the internet but I can remember the address.
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