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USA somewhere
I
bought one of your boxwood Beukers
almost a full year ago at the National Flute Convention in Las Vegas. First I'd
like to say how much I truly love this instrument. Even with an amateur Baroque
flutist like me playing, it has an amazing sound and intonation. It is
definitely one of the most in tune Baroque flute I have ever heard.
St Paul, USA
The Wijne flute arrived yesterday, and it's a
honey! Thank you very much for getting this wonderful flute to me so quickly!
I've begun the breaking in process, and it sounds great. Now, if I could only
pronounce "Wijne" correctly.
mail to a friend
instrument maker from a Beukers player forwarded to me
P. S. I recently bought a flute from Simon
Polak; everyone I've shown it to has been much impressed.
Australia
The Beukers has matured wonderfully, and I am
totally at home with it. I have used it in a great variety of contexts and
repertoires, and it seems to adjust to almost anything. I love playing Bach with
it, actually, especially at 408 (also Handel), but it is suited to so many
styles. I am using it in Johannes Passion soon, and it easily holds its own.
Really, Simon, I never tire of it.
North
caroline, USA
The flute is wonderful! The
tone is so pure and free, and the wood of the flute is also very beautiful.
Thanks for the wonderful work you did.
CT, USA
I must say I am very pleased. Your craftwork
is really quite wonderful, and even the first sounds, especially from the A408
joint, are heartlifting. What a nice summer pastime I will have, coming to know
this beautiful flute.
Vermont, USA
I'm ...... I hope you remember
me! I was very glad to meet you there, and especially happy to find SUCH a
wonderful flute at your table. I fell in love with this flute right away, and
I have been very happily practicing it every day since I returned home. I have
the possibility of playing ALL the notes now in relatively good intonation, and
I have only ONE problem with it . . . I have to stop practicing after only 15
minutes! .....I won't make this a LONG
letter... just a short THANK YOU from my heart for making this beautiful flute.
Finland
Thank you once again for the wonderful flute,
I have totally fallen in love with it. It really suits me perfectly!
Canada
I did get the flute on Wednesday - I barely
had the time to play it, but it is wonderful, exactly as I remembered it from
Washington.
Spain
It looks great ¡¡¡¡ The
traverso is very beautiful, and it is very handable and gratefull to play.
Japan
so I send you mail confirming
receiving your flute.
Thank you very much!
Now, I am very glad to play your flute.
I think the sound this flute is very mellow.
Thank you very very, very much!
Greece
I just reseved the flute. It
is really beatifull !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will start playing as you propose in the
care page.
Finland
As to the flute, it feels great!! With this
four days of experience I can tell you that I am really taken with it! Of course
it will take time to really get to know the instrument, but my first impression
is truly very very good. I know I'm just a student, but this is my
opinion, coming from the bottom of my heart!
South Afrika
The Beukers is absolutely marvelous! As you
know, this is my first wooden flute and I did not really know what to expect.
Well, it is beyond my wildest expectations - as the flute and I get to know each
other I discover something new every day. I am very pleased that I also got the
408 joint; I alternate between 415 and 408 and have great fun the exploring the
differences.
MI, USA
:-) Just wanted to let you know that I
received my Beukers traverso this morning (11/3/03) and it is BEAUTIFUL! It
has a marvellous tone and is a pleasure to play. It's hard to put down.
Thank you very much.
Japan
I do like your flute.
Sweden
(first mail) I'm really satisfied with the
flute. (second mail) I'm really satisfied with my new instrument. I
had a lesson today and my teacher liked it too.
England (Japan)
My flute had been, as you wrote
somewhere in your website, very good at Japanese heat and humidity and all that.
After some weeks of practice, I played Trio Sonata for flute and recorder by
Quantz with a friend (who is an experienced professional player), where I
realised how my intonation had been improved with this instrument. In general, I
now have much more freedom to shape my music. My life is so much better
with this flute. THANK YOU.
Italy
(first mail) i tried your flute this morning
and i must say i like it very much.
it plays with a clear and ringing sound.
(second mail) thanks,i am very happy with the flute, a
lot of compliments,
Mexico
I am enjoying very much the flute, it is still
"growing" and improving, and I like it very much. Thank you for being so patient
and nice to show me your instruments, it was definitely worth it.
USA
(somewhere, I am getting too spoiled with these mails,
but please keep sending them I am really very grateful!!!)
Thank you so much for my new
Tassi flute. It's plays so beautifully! I love all of its colors and its
dynamic range on even the cross fingered notes from bottom to top. It was an
impulsive decision. I thought I'd end up playing it only solo, but today I
played duets with a friend who also has a 392 flute. It's so difficult to stop
playing it when time is up during its breaking in period.
Last month, I spent 2 weeks...... at a baroque workshop. There were 6 of us
in the flute class. 3 of us played your Beukers flutes--....
Montana
I love my new flute! I’m up to
45 minutes per day; certainly an exercise in discipline to stop at the specified
time. I am very satisfied that I made the right decision.
She has a beautiful tone that responds confidently in the high register. ......
It is so easy to play in tune, I’m sure Mr. Wijne would be proud of her. (Can
you tell we’ve bonded already?)
VT
It seems quite a while since I purchased the
Beukers traverso ..... I just wanted to write to say hello, and to tell you how
very pleased I have been, and of course still am, with the instrument. ......it
is an easy-blowing instrument, with both f-sharps remarkably well in tune (as
you said, the upper one is essentially in tune, the lower one just needs to be
"imagined" in tune and it will come that way!). The f's and b-flats and e-flats
are also very well-tuned, and the tone is rich and full. I also love the
appearance of the instrument, stained a beautiful colour which is warm in effect
and with a dark red, almost mahoganny kind of glow.
In short, thank you once again for selling me a lovely flute.
US
Hi Simon, I bought the Beukers Boxwood flute
4M at the flute convention in Las Vegas.
I love the instrument!! It is the best baroque flute I've ever played!!
Finland
I have been playing my new flute for a while
now and I wanted to let you know that I like it very much. It has a wonderful
sound and I have noticed that boxwood suits me well.
Japan
I am enjoying your Beukers
flute purchased last year. It is working very well ! ....
New York
The flute has already arrived!
Your promptness in making and sending this flute was incredible; ....
My first impressions of this flute, after taking it out of your delightful
velvet bag, is that it is an incredibly beautiful instrument and superbly
crafted; ........examining the wonderful grain and workmanship. The flute is
absolutely stunning to look at and hold, like an original rather than a
replica. Needless to add, I suppose, I am thrilled with it!
Playing the flute for its first 15 minutes you recommend, I found it well in
tune and strong, particularly easy and sweet in the 3rd octave. I had trouble
stopping myself at the 15 minute break-in mark, rolling a bit toward 20...
couldn't help myself; the flute is quite fun to play! Moreover, its tone gained
both character and depth, increasing brilliantly just as my time on it ran out
for the morning... Ah, well.. patience!
US,TN
The tone quality is great-with
wonderful responsiveness. Also the intonation seems to be very good and easily
manageable in the more difficult notes. Thank you so much for your hard work and
attention to detail, which is obvious in the quality of my new instrument. Also,
you were right on schedule with completing it, which is sometimes quite uncommon
with instrument makers. I so look forward to many happy years with my flute!!!
England
I came home late last night,
with my flute. I must say I am ever so happy. ....... This morning I was
convinced that I had chosen the right flute. It is beautiful with all sorts of
unlimited possibilities.
PS: I had never experienced such lovely
sequence of E-F#-G#-A!
Hawaii
It is gorgeous and sounds wonderful and it's
made with fine workmanship! Thank you for the very special wood choice and the
stain color is perfect. My first impressions are: The 3rd octave is very clear,
loud, responsive and easy to produce and that the accidentals are well tuned
indeed! I sounds very sweet, but I suspect the projection is excellent.
Paris
Je joue avec plaisir de la flûte que je vous ai
achetée au salon Musicora à Paris il y a quelques semaines.
Australia
I hope you are well! After playing the Beukers
at A415 most of the time since I got it, in order to settle it at that pitch, I
have now started to use the A408 joint regularly. What a sound! It is wonderful
to go back to it now that I have become so familiar with the instrument. It is
like having a new instrument! It is the same feeling I have with my Bressan
recorder copy at A410 - it is astonishing how much difference there is between
the two joints.
Japan
I'm very glad you made the flute for me.
The flute respond superbly for every notes low tone to high tone. I feel
vibration to my fingers when I play the Beukers. Really great sounds... have a
hearty sounds. I couldn't imagine until take it and play it. Also this flute
have a pleasant ring in my house.
Philadelphia
I've received the flute, and it
sounds terrific (at least for the 10 minutes I've played it so far).
Amsterdam (but
Spanish)
As regarding the flute,
I am really happy with it. The flute is well balanced all through the three
octave register. It articulates very clearly and has a beautiful sound,
adapting herself easily to different repertoires. Tuning is really amazing. It
does not matter whether you play on E Sharp or C Minor, all keys are easy to
play. Forked fingering is not only in tune, it is also sound balanced.
Altogether a beautiful instrument.
Trujillo
Spain
The traverso is here!!! Well packaged,
in perfect condition. After an hour of warm up, I have given a touch. What
flute!!! It's more than what I waited for. What marvelous instrument it can get
to be!!!
Thank you very much, Simon. I will keep in contact.
Indiana
(first mail) The flute (Wijne) arrived yesterday. I let it warm up yesterday and got a chance to play it
briefly today and it is amazing. Definitely a great flute for the early
classical stuff.
(second mail)
I just love the flute! I have been
playing the Mozart Flute Quartets and it is great for them.
Australia
(first mail)
First of all, I think it is a
most excellent and beautiful flute. It has a great deal of character in the
sound, is VERY well in tune, and plays very easily - including that high F''', which is wonderful. Also, a
very strong F', which is a pleasure. I tried the 408 first (of course! ) and it is indeed
worth having just for the sound. The 415 is excellent, but there is a depth and texture in
the lower joint that makes it special. I will enjoy exploring this for a long time to
come. Your workmanship is superb. The turning is very fine, and the finish
exquisite.
(second mail)
That is, it feels like a
1730s instrument, with its depth and texture that carries into the high register
as well. You can always feel the heavy fundamental in the sound, especially with the 408.
In fact, the fundamental is so strong that it wouldn't feel out of place in Hotteterre, if
you couldn't compare it to a French flute. But it's the texture in the sound, and its
flexibility that really grab me. Simon, when I play this flute, I sometimes have to just stop
and smile, it makes me so happy.
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