Comparative clip of two flutes, both recorded under the same conditions (cheap headset boom microphone about 2-3" from embouchure on crown side, recorded direct to Soundcloud as two separate takes, downloaded, trimmed and spliced in Audacity, no enhancement of any kind used, then re-uploaded as a single track).

The first flute is a conoid ring key Böhm system probably made by one of the major later C19th French woodwind makers and sold under a dealer brand, P Gautié & Cie, Toulouse. It is built for modern Concert Pitch, A=440.
The second flute is an 8-key simple system one by Rudall & Rose (#4683) made in c1843 , but with a modern head made for it by Chris Wilkes. It also plays at A=440.

I was trying in particular to illustrate "finger articulation" and idiomatic ornamentation and to eschew (not completely) use of tongued articulation. Of course the technical differences between the two systems permit or oblige somewhat different manifestations of the general principles involved. Neither take is flub-free, especially towards the end of each one! Mind, Gm is not normally considered a "natural" key for an 8-key simple system flute! Although the key signature is more approachable on the Böhm flute, I think it rather shows which of the two I am more accustomed to play!

The Galway Bay Hornpipe x2 - on Gautié ring key Böhm flute & on R&R #4683

A live rehearsal recording (for sound sample purposes only) intended to demonstrate the tone of this cocuswood Rudall Carte flute Nr 6729 dated 1925, restored by Arthur Haswell. I'm using a thinned grenadilla head joint by Robert Bigio due to ongoing problems with an old crack in the original RC head joint. Pete Churchill plays a late 19th century Bluthner grand piano, performed at the Zero Carbon House, Balsall Heath, UK, September 2022.

Faure "Après un rêve"

JS Bach E minor Sonata,  BWV 1034: 1st movement Adagio ma non tanto

S. Rachmaninov "Vocalise"(1915)

Fantasia 1 by Kuhlau from Op. 95 played on a 1-key Peloubet F Flute

Music From Canonici 213?, recorded by The Jongleurs, Ann Arbor
late 70s/early 80s
David Douglass & Michael Lynn co-directors
Jeanine Dovel Bashour - soprano
Carmen Cavalaro - tenor
David Douglass - vielle, rebec
Beth Gilford - recorder
Patrick Hill - lute, harp, recorder
Michael Lynn - recorder, tenor

recording engineering and editing - Michael Lynn
analog restoration - Paul Eachus

The Jongleurs

The fifth Ricercata of 'Il Dolcimelo' by Vigiliano, originally for 'recorder and other instruments', performed here on Renaissance flute. Recorded at the Maranathakerk, Den Haag, February 2020.

Ricercata per Flauto et altri Instrumenti (5) from Il Dolcimelo (1601?) by Aurelio Virgiliano

Another adventure with my "R.S. Pratten's Perfected" flute by Boosey & Co at 24 Holles Street, London. The serial number 8819 9754 is apparently rather unusual, pointing to a date of around c.1861. For me it plays anywhere from A=456Hz, slowly rising! Pitches of B and A are incredibly high and tone holes large for small fingers!

Joachim Anderson (1847-1909) -  Study Nr 6 "Andante" from 26 Little Caprices, Op 37.

Padraig O'Keeffe plays Johnny Cope

Drive the Cold fingers away

Allemande from the J.S. Bach a minor Partita
from a live concert in Pittsburgh, PA

performed on a Martin Wenner Buffardin copy
Michael Lynn, baroque flute

The Galway Bay Hornpipe x2 - on Gautié ring key Böhm flute & on R&R #4683

Jem Hammond (Jemtheflute)

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