Sessions can be a problem for our Flutes put down on a table. Unlike a fiddle they are round and can roll off the table.... I've taken rawhide lace laced it around the Flute once with a Knot and it works perfect to avoid rolling off the table. looks kinda dorky , but it works!
BenS
I have an ancient Bakelite Recorder that has flat surfaces on the back to stop this problem, unfortunately it's a crap instrument, but it's a good idea.
PP
Buy a polymer flute and it can roll off as much as it likes. Luckily took the polymer rather than the wood one to a session last night. We had a man who decided to do a bodhran impression on the table top and over went all the drinks and they all rolled as well as the flute ... great fun!
Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
Sessions can be a problem for our Flutes put down on a table. Unlike a fiddle they are round and can roll off the table.... I've taken rawhide lace laced it around the Flute once with a Knot and it works perfect to avoid rolling off the table. looks kinda dorky , but it works!
BenS
# Posted on June 4th 2004 by BenS
Re: Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
Good idea.
# Posted on June 4th 2004 by Unseen122
Re: Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
I don't have this problem... oh yea -- I have a keyed flute.
# Posted on June 4th 2004 by Phantom Button
Re: Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
So Jack, are you like most wooden fluters or do you use the keys for something other than an anti-roll device?
# Posted on June 4th 2004 by Will CPT
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Why do you think Irish fluters started using keyed flutes? It wasn't so they could play Rimsky-Korsakov.
# Posted on June 4th 2004 by granama
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I have an ancient Bakelite Recorder that has flat surfaces on the back to stop this problem, unfortunately it's a crap instrument, but it's a good idea.
PP
# Posted on June 4th 2004 by Pied Piper
Re: Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
Place a 35 kg anvil on top of the flute. That will stop it rolling off the table.
Adam the Blacksmith.
# Posted on June 4th 2004 by Worldfiddler
Re: Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
Buy a polymer flute and it can roll off as much as it likes. Luckily took the polymer rather than the wood one to a session last night. We had a man who decided to do a bodhran impression on the table top and over went all the drinks and they all rolled as well as the flute ... great fun!
Sarah
# Posted on June 5th 2004 by Sarah the Flute
Re: Avoid a rolling Flute disaster......
Placing the flute between two full pints on the table works well, unless you leave one end hanging over the edge of the table that is .....
# Posted on June 8th 2004 by lildogturpy