rod
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Just adjusting the final voicing and tuning on this flute, a model I am asked to make often and based on a solid ivory original made in Germany by Scherer, but now in an Edinburgh Museum. This ebony flute is bound for Germany tomorrow. Key in bead-blasted silver and flare cut. Already, I see what to alter for the next one. Back in those days, there was no definite playing pitch, but always lower that the A440 we are used to, so this one has two interchangeable middle joints which shift the pitch from A392 to A415 Hz. The little telescopic extension on the keyed joint is called a foot register and allows a bit of low D tweaking when changing from one joint to the other. Critiques always welcome!
Rod
Rod