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@ Pied_Piper Ok, I think I'm getting the point now. One could describe it as a "finetuning" within the general tuning-process ( ? ) Sopranosaxes often have a split high C, for the tuning of the high octave alone....so then I suppose it's a related case with the tuning-cork. You're right, I am not ve...

@ lodge 1978 The markings You describe, are a coding, a roman numeral given to the pieces of an instrument during small manual Series production, similar to a modern serial-number, in order to know which parts belong to which instrument during final assembly. These markings are found on many old ins...

Pied-Piper Yes, all that is clear to me so far, as I wrote, knowing that the screw is for tuning the octaves correctly. Maybe I have to put the question in a different way: WHY would someone want to sharpen or flatten the third octave ? I suppose, once it is tuned correctly , nobody would want to ch...

@ Phineas

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Benjahmin

Hi ! As a technician for woodwinds I learned, that the Headscrew ( or tuning-Cork, as it is called in german ) in the upper End of the Head-joint must be set at a special position ( one times the diameter of the tube ) in order to have the different octaves of the flute be in tune with each other. I...

Ohh, Ok I see ! I had the impression, it would have more people "whistling" through their lives .... especially since I learned the saying "whistle while You work" as a schoolboy in the US. ;-) Phineas > yes, I see, what You say about the Bamboo-flutes. I used to have some myself, don't know the eng...

@Zevang I have been following Your Postings and advice through this forum, especially concerning embouchoure, ....and by this occasion , I want to say "Thank You ". You have stated my Autodidactical experience here and there to be correct ( without knowing it Yourself ;-) ) and You have also given a...

Eehhhhm, Did I say something wrong here ? Over 50 "Views" but not a single comment ..... I hope I didn't insult the Tin-Whistlers amongst us with this question.... But isn't there anybody whistling on his Lips, using his/her mouth as an instrument itself and feels it helps a lot on flute Embouchure ...

wkzh That ist definitely correct ! I don't have any experiences with the concerned pads....but I know very well from my own experience, that pads....for whatever instrument, be they of leather or Fishskin, can show VERY different effects in different climate - zones. Right now I live in an Altitude ...

Hi together, This might be kind of a funny question....but a serious one as well. I'll out myself as a "whistler" right here.....one of these annoying people, who, no matter what they do, they will put it into a rhythm and whistle a tune along with it. If I have an odd Job to do.....like painting th...

@Meshugina

If all other measures fail, try having the edge of the key rounded with a file.
I've had a Sax-Student whos thumb got pinched by the octave key since the thumb was very small, which may have been just the same cause !

Try this LAST though, only if nothing else helps !



Benjahmin

Joe,

That link seems quite complicated, needs installment of the programme first....but since You agreed to mailing, I sent it to the adress given in Your Profile, if it is not the same anyhow.





Benjahmin

Hi Joe, I had just prepared a private message to you, but now found out,that they are disabled on this board. Don't want to call on brandnames here in "public", so I guess we'll have to leave it by that :wink: Be happy anyhow, if You haven't been into the problem ! :P :P Thanks for Your interst anyh...

@ JButky Well yes, that goes along with what I've observed and stresses the neccessity of that Joint ( Kings-bearing it is called ?) to be precise and reliable just like all others . Even more it keeps and puts up the question though: Why do NEW flutes already come up with a loose "Kings-Bearing" an...

Hi Together ! There is a mechanical issue concerning the flute, which I had to deal with a lot as a repairsman, and now on my own flute as well, but for which I see no true reason: I am talking about the lower end of the achsle for the A and A# Key.It mostly ends in a conical pin, which is inserted ...