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Thread #103222   Message #2102916
Posted By: Greg B
14-Jul-07 - 11:07 PM
Thread Name: Hints and Tips for 'Irish' Flute playing
Subject: RE: Hints and Tips for 'Irish' Flute playing
I hate all of you. :-)

I have my great grand-dad's (mostly) open-hole Boehm flutes,
including a beauty with an Ivory head-end. Can't get a bloody
note out of them, though I can play a Coke bottle with aplomb.

(Grandpa Lill was 'Pennsylvania Dutch' and played in 'oom-pah'
bands)

Countless flautists have tried to train me to get a note out
of the bloody things, but I think my face is just the wrong
shape.

Dammit all anyway! (He said, picking up his melodeon)