My Flutes
- Beukers 415, 408 (exchange joints)
- Tassi 392, 398, 415 (separate flutes, not exchange joints!)
- Wijne 415
- Kirst 440, 430 (exchange joints)
- Haka
- Naust 400
Beukers
original: three joints 415Hz, 408Hz and an unplayable one. I make the 415 and 408.
I think that the original is early eighteenth century, about 1735.
Remarks: Flute for everything first half eighteenth century in any case. For comments from players describing the playing quality: comments
Tassi
original: 400Hz , probably mid eighteenth century, 1750
remarks: I recalculated it to 392. But they are two different flutes, not just joints. For the reasons please go to Pitch. Flute for Rameau, C.P.E. Bach and more.
Kirst 415
The original is owned by Mr. Huntgeburth, the wellknown player from Berlin.
It is an early Kirst, about 1780. It plays warmer then the 440 but the character has a clear relationship with the other flute.
pictures coming in the autumn, tooooooooo busy making flutes at the moment.
PICTURES AND LINK TO PAGE COMING
Kirst 440, 430
original: 440Hz, 430Hz last quarter of the eighteenth century. This is a 440Hz. one keyed flute that really works excellently.
remarks: as soon as you play Mozart on this flute it is home. Comments or Jed
Wijne
original: 413Hz mid eighteenth century
remarks: some love it some cannot play it!
Haka
original: 1670-1680. One of the two remaining in between renaissance and baroque flutes. Conical and a key but renaissance fingering.
remarks: my copy only wants to be as close as possible to the original. The original has a beautiful rich quality but the intonation is extremely difficult.
Naust
original: 400Hz 1720-1730, probably made by Delerablee, Naust was no longer living then.
remarks: fabulous, very rich instrument however, at present my attempts to make 415 give an excellent intonation but the fun of the 400 is completely lost. So I will stick to 400.
Rippert 392Hz and 400Hz (seperate flutes)
This is a copy of the St Moritz Rippert. It is a powerful and flexible Hotteterre type flute.
Description coming but flute available and beautiful.
My keys are made of so called German silver. This is an alloy that is very much stronger then pure silver. Baroque flute keys of pure silver easily bend. The use of an elastic band on a baroque flute key to make it close because it has slightly bent is not unusual!! With my keys I have not seen that done. The only disadvantage is that German silver looses its shine after a while. However, with any silver or chrome polish this can easily be restored. It looks exactly like pure silver when shiny.
Acknowledgements.
I am very grateful for Frederique Chauvet's help in developing my different models, and specially the Beukers. Without her absolutely encouraging criticism it may all have been different.
Further I am grateful for the comments every now and then made by Jed Wentz, Marion Moonen, Masahiro Arita, Liliko Maeda, Barbara Kallaur and of course Kate Clark.
I am also very pleased that Suzanne Wendler is checking most of my flutes as what I often call 'quality control'.
