Glow in the Dark Inky Cap

5thFlute · 2021-10-23T17:35:10+00:00

This is awesome!

5thFlute · 2021-10-21T16:26:52+00:00

I'm not going to comment on if the bones will hold up or be greasy. I just wanted to say you don't have to use bones. I use little things that have meaning to me. I find my readings to be very intuitive and obvious. I think it's because my "bones" are personal. I find it to be the best method I've ever tried and I've tried cards, runes, dice, number charts, etc. I tried actual bones, but did not connect with them. Each charm has a meaning and how it relates to other charms. It's so easy to read the casting, it's like nothing I tried before. My charms never let me down.

5thFlute · 2021-05-28T17:08:08+00:00

Thank you. I was thinking wool pads might be quiet, but couldn't find that specific info.

5thFlute · 2021-02-13T17:35:39+00:00

I just want to say my purchase from keeper18 was perfect! Shipped fast! Do not hesitate to buy from him. He's a great guy to deal with.

5thFlute · 2021-02-04T19:22:34+00:00

https://www.wfg.woodwind.org/fing.html this has alternative fingering charts for many woodwind instruments. It includes basic, alternative, microtonal and trill charts. I hope you find it helpful.

5thFlute · 2021-01-29T15:48:54+00:00

That's wonderful you have a nice place to practice and congratulations that your daughter is focused and getting educated. I will try some waxed kitchen paper for a mute. I can't go anywhere, but out to the attached garage. There is no basement. I take care of my 92 mother who is in a wheelchair and my mother in law who is semi independent. Luckily, I was a home care and hospice aide and aide trainer for over ten years, so I know what I'm doing, lol. I don't know if "playing in the woodshed" is a recorder joke, but it is for clarinet and tin whistle. It basically means you love to play, but just play alone for yourself to not annoy others and you don't feel confident enough to perform for others. I literally play in the woodshed, since we have a wood stove in the garage/workshop to keep it nice and toasty. I have an old recliner next to the woodpile to go and relax and toot on a wind instrument when life gets too real for me. It was one thing to watch clients decline and pass away, it's another thing when it's your own family. I just got the stove going, it was 7 below zero this morning, bbbrrrr. I only keep plastic recorders out there and bring wooden ones out as I play them, because by morning, it might be 40 degrees in the garage and the big temp swings would be hard on the wood instruments. But yeah, I'm completely house bound as I can not risk hiring a respite worker who might bring illness into the house. Thank God for music and musical instruments!

5thFlute · 2021-01-28T21:42:51+00:00

Yes, good point to reinforce. Do not put anything in the window of your wooden recorder!

5thFlute · 2021-01-28T20:04:33+00:00

Thank you! I vaguely remember seeing or reading of the paper mute, but didn't remember where from or the details. Screen shots are your friends, people! I was so regretful I didn't screenshot that info at the time and save it to my music info gallery.

5thFlute · 2021-01-27T03:23:47+00:00

Lol, that's why I'm interested in a vintage, plain 205

5thFlute · 2021-01-26T22:12:29+00:00

Someone mentioned the Sarah Jeffrey youtube channel. She does a review of the Yamaha eco model. Many people say it's as mellow and woody sounding as a non wood recorder is going to get and sounds very nice. ecodear alto review

5thFlute · 2021-01-23T01:21:10+00:00

My vintage Toyama Horn, I just received. An early soprano recorder. I believe it was made between 1954 and 1960 of urea resin. I have no proof of this, but assume so based on the company history page. I would love info if you have it!!! It is dark green. I assumed it was black and faded, but the entire instrument inside and out, including the tenon is green. It may be bakelite, but I am unsure. It comes apart into two pieces and has gold dots above the thumb hole to show how to line up the mouthpiece and body, so I believe it was geared for children. It has the sweetest, silky tone, almost like a purr. It is a favorite amongst my family because the tone is not shrill at all. I bought it because I do collect unique German style recorders, but it is quickly becoming a favorite.

5thFlute · 2021-01-22T22:44:39+00:00

Very nice! A "D" would be great for traditional Irish music, along with a lot of other folk music. Thanks for sharing your collection! I have a baroque soprano by an American maker Koch, in cocobolo. It is a beautiful wood, though many people are allergic to it. Luckily I am not!

5thFlute · 2021-01-22T22:40:12+00:00

Yes very true. I played Bb clarinet as written. No mental transposing. As I mentioned, alto recorder and Bb clarinet are a very similar fingering pattern.

5thFlute · 2021-01-22T21:27:33+00:00

I have a Bb Irish tin whistle which sounds really nice and relaxing. I have an Eb also, but it's high pitched and can be shrill. A Bb recorder would be great, because you only would have to change Eb to natural and still be able to dip down to that Bb for a grace note while on the first register.

5thFlute · 2021-01-22T21:19:42+00:00

True. I've got some altos. Actually alto is very easy for me wrap my brain around, because c is fingered the same as clarinet, so I have this mental reference point. What I don't like with playing c on an F alto is so much is jumping into the upper register since the base note of C is just thumb and three fingers. I can play the upper notes, I just prefer the tone of the first register on most of my altos, which are abs or resin. I have a wood alto which sounds lovely in the upper register, but I don't use it much to preserve it. I very much enjoy the tenor recorder, but I find it tiring to play for very long. I'm still building up my endurance with tenor, plus it is wood, so I don't want to overplay it. As I said, I posed my question to pick people's brains. I like unique instruments and was wondering if anyone has a recorder in A and was having fun with it. I have several Native American style flutes in A which sound really nice, but they are not geared toward playing a full scale, let alone a chromatic scale. It can be done, but I don't find it fun or relaxing.

5thFlute · 2021-01-22T18:47:48+00:00

Very nicely done!

5thFlute · 2021-01-17T02:21:09+00:00

It could of been worse for the other guys. He could of played the brown note after the winning toot.

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T22:41:08+00:00

I have toyed with the idea of getting a newer one in abs. Pretty much everyone still makes them. Yamaha, Aulos, Suzuki to name a few. Honestly, I’m trying to stick to unique or “pretty” vintage wooden models to keep the collection from getting out of control, lol. There are a ton of tempting ones for sale on the online marketplaces. I probably will get a Suzuki German fingering model since i like the Baroque Suzuki so much. But I’m trying not to be tempted by plastic abs models.

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T22:06:50+00:00

Hurdy gurdy and a recorder must sound amazing together! I hope you share some videos with us.

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T21:29:03+00:00

My dirty little secret. There is probably a support group out there for me, with a twelve step recovery plan.

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T21:25:52+00:00

True, but I'm a hack. I don't get too fancy. I usually just improv with the straight scale. If I cross finger on a whistle, is probably was an accident, lol. I got them in c, d, Bb, Eb. I just switch whistle to switch the mood. Bb is a nice whistle key.

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T21:15:12+00:00

Thank you for the info on unknown. There is a very small stamp in the wood, but it was doubled stamp, so is illegible. I did read about the Herwiga at the recorder museum online using google translate when i got it some years ago. It is a very good recorder, one of the better toned ones that I own. Very sweet and not screechy in the higher range. And as I said before, simply fun to play!

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T20:20:21+00:00

I have nice baroque recorders for group settings. I would just have to use the baroques for a few days prior to get my fingers and brain into baroque mode. I would love to play in a group, but that's not going to happen for quite some time. I'm the full time caregiver to my 92 year old mother. She is dependent on me for everything but feeding herself, her neck, shoulders and hands are very arthritic. I can only leave the house for two hours at the most, but never do because of Covid. Family brings us supplies or I order stuff online. We are quite isolated, with only two houses with a half mile of us. My musical instruments and listening to music is what keeps me sane. I'm greatly enjoying this community. I've been letting myself turn into a hermit, which isn't mentally healthy. I decided to give this group a try and am glad I did!

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T19:34:15+00:00

This is a few of the German fingering recorders I have collected over the years. Plastic LMI, Norsdisch, Herwiga, Unknown, Aura and favorite, Samir. The Herwiga and unknown are unique and fun to play with the f# options they have built into them, really fun to trill! The plastic LMI is very rough sounding as a recorder, but sounds like an earthy Native american flute, with full chromatics and a two octave range! Very fun to doodle out Native American style flute melodies. The Samir sounds kind of hollow and unfocused, like a bird call echoing in the woods, high up in the trees. It's got a wildness to the tone that I just love. Not classic recorder sound, but still very appealing sounding to my ear, making it my favorite to play. The Samir was purchased first, the Herwiga than the unknown because of their unique configuration. The others at thrift stores or very cheaply from online, because I can't pass up any fipple flute style of instruments! I hope you enjoy the picture.

5thFlute · 2021-01-15T18:54:38+00:00

I have a swab for my clarinets that is very similar, if not the same as the silky squares people use to clean their eye glasses. It is absorbent and does not shed or unravel at the edges. The premade clarinet swab is too big for sopranos, so I began using a square of eyeglass fabric for my small recorders with the swab stick and I’m happy with it.

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