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by michael
Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:24 pm
Forum: Flute History and Instruments
Topic: Any Phoenix flute, by Geoghegan Company, out there?
Replies: 1
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Any Phoenix flute, by Geoghegan Company, out there?

Any of you still playing a Geoghegan Phoenix Flute? What do you think of this flute? This short-lived company, founded in 1980 by Michael Geoghegan and Ted Jerome, designed and produced a stunning, art-deco looking flute. I think that I got to play flute # 3 or 4 at the workshop just after it was co...
by michael
Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:29 pm
Forum: Flute History and Instruments
Topic: Matit carbon fibre flutes- anybody ever played one?
Replies: 6
Views: 11975

I have read in other posts, on other sites, that the clapping noise of the keys of the matit flute was an audible problem, which the folks at Matit were trying to solve. Originally, they were trying to make an inexpensive flute but they got involved in breaking new ground. They had to go full-dream!...