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Putting the latest Doug Tipple flute design to the test...
Putting the latest Doug Tipple flute design to the test...
Doug recently sent me one of his latest 3 piece flutes with a lip plate and wedge to evaluate, but when I heard what my friend Ben Jaber was able to do with it, I just had to shoot some videos:
I haven't tried a folk flute but the normal Casey Burns I played was quite nice. I suspect you'd be pretty happy with a folk flute. Wood is so much nicer than PVC.
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Thanks for the input! Since I already have the hunk-of-irrigation-pipe flute for camping, spur of the moment croquet matches, and defense against hostile wildlife, I think I need wood.
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I just listened to the two clips. Damn, that Ben Jaber is a good flute player. He should quit his day job as a landscaper & buy himself a flute. Not that he has to, he sounds very good!
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The flute Ben is playing doesn't have offset holes, but it does have a split body so you can adjust each hand position individually. I agree, the reach isn't a problem and I have smallish hands.
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Music IS Ben Jaeber's day job and the awesome thing is that flute is not even his main instrument. You're thinking of one of our local fiddlers who landscapes.
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You should hear Ben on his Grinter...
The new embouchure cut is interesting. It gives a much better sound but it's pretty finicky as far as where you blow and feels pretty different from a Hammy or Olwell. I still think it would be a relatively difficult flute for a beginner. It would be really interesting to hand the newer Tipple to one of my beginning students to see whether my hunch is correct. The improvement when they try my easy-blowing Olwell over their pretty decent mid-range wooden flutes is dramatic, but obviously beginners aren't going to spend that much on a flute.
The Tipple is looking like a much better option for a hiking/camping/indestructo-flute.
Putting the latest Doug Tipple flute design to the test...
Putting the latest Doug Tipple flute design to the test...
Doug recently sent me one of his latest 3 piece flutes with a lip plate and wedge to evaluate, but when I heard what my friend Ben Jaber was able to do with it, I just had to shoot some videos:
"Spike Island Lasses":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvAPt6V3GDY
"Port na bPucaí":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVLvUTyComY
Enjoy!
Michael
# Posted on October 16th 2010 by Michael Eskin
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Excellent - who needs a $6,000 flute ... they look so pretty though ...
# Posted on October 16th 2010 by Hup
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Thanks Michael,
I did ! - nice sounding instument and well played.
Don't suppose they do a $200.00 full set of Uilleann Pipes ?
# Posted on October 16th 2010 by ormepipes
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Nice. But then Ben could probably make a random hunk of garden hose sound pretty good.
I was leaning toward a Casey Burns folk flute, but these look interesting. And I'm going to be in Indianapolis next week.
So, opinions from the flautists?
# Posted on October 16th 2010 by Michele Sims
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Remember that Ben is not your average musician.
Garden hose has been done, though not by Ben.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hWdUDi_iA
I haven't tried a folk flute but the normal Casey Burns I played was quite nice. I suspect you'd be pretty happy with a folk flute. Wood is so much nicer than PVC.
# Posted on October 17th 2010 by ElaineT
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I agree with Elaine, the Casey Burns folk flute is a nice starter if you're turned off by PVC.
# Posted on October 17th 2010 by Michael Eskin
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Thanks for the input! Since I already have the hunk-of-irrigation-pipe flute for camping, spur of the moment croquet matches, and defense against hostile wildlife, I think I need wood.
# Posted on October 17th 2010 by Michele Sims
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Playing croquet with, how do you term it? - "hunk-of-irrigation-pipe". What does the poor green keeper make of that I wonder?
# Posted on October 17th 2010 by ormepipes
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I have a Tipple flute. It's awesome. Mine's in E. I found D hard to reach. I play A tunes with it.
# Posted on October 18th 2010 by sbhikes
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I think my wooden flute might be the better weapon. The lined headjoint and tuning slide gives it some good heft.
I didn't notice any particular reach issues on that Tipple Ben is playing. It might have had the offset holes - I honestly can't remember.
# Posted on October 19th 2010 by ElaineT
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I just listened to the two clips. Damn, that Ben Jaber is a good flute player. He should quit his day job as a landscaper & buy himself a flute. Not that he has to, he sounds very good!
# Posted on October 19th 2010 by Ben Steen
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The flute Ben is playing doesn't have offset holes, but it does have a split body so you can adjust each hand position individually. I agree, the reach isn't a problem and I have smallish hands.
# Posted on October 19th 2010 by Michael Eskin
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Music IS Ben Jaeber's day job and the awesome thing is that flute is not even his main instrument. You're thinking of one of our local fiddlers who landscapes.
# Posted on October 19th 2010 by ElaineT
It's quite obvious he's a musician. A very good musician.
# Posted on October 20th 2010 by Ben Steen
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Hmmm, these clips obviously blow the negative comments on this thread, http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/24931/comments#comment522602 , totally out the window. The Tipple is clearly a much better flute than demonstrated in the previous thread.
# Posted on October 20th 2010 by bogman
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Doug Tipple is obviously improving the design.
# Posted on October 20th 2010 by Ben Steen
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You should hear Ben on his Grinter...
The new embouchure cut is interesting. It gives a much better sound but it's pretty finicky as far as where you blow and feels pretty different from a Hammy or Olwell. I still think it would be a relatively difficult flute for a beginner. It would be really interesting to hand the newer Tipple to one of my beginning students to see whether my hunch is correct. The improvement when they try my easy-blowing Olwell over their pretty decent mid-range wooden flutes is dramatic, but obviously beginners aren't going to spend that much on a flute.
The Tipple is looking like a much better option for a hiking/camping/indestructo-flute.
# Posted on October 21st 2010 by ElaineT