Premium Flutes, Fifes & Pennywhistles for Traditional Music
Premium Flutes, Fifes & Pennywhistles for Traditional Music
“CLARE” Model Flute $995.00 (flute only)
INTRODUCING
CLARE
“CLARE” offers classic strength and a buildable tone while setting a new balance throughout the compass. The best mix of traditional features and practical innovations. Playable, durable, and beautiful at an affordable price with easy care.
“Rich tone and easy to play with a large dynamic range among flutes that have holes of this size. This flute will be a great option for those with medium to smaller hands but still satisfy players who like a big sound. A solid design. Excellent physics. This flute works.”
Blayne Chastain, Irish Flute Store
Technical Construction Details
The head has a full brass liner, with traditional nickel plating at the tuning slide. Smooth sliding in a Teflon receiver for long service. “Bow Tie” cutaway in front of the blowhole for richer lows and easier highs. High-performance blowhole geometry. Crown cap in African Blackwood. Independ- ently adjustable endstopper.
The hole in the wood is offset. The liner is glued tight against the inside of the wood at the blowing edge, but 180 degrees opposite, the urethane is thicker to make a cushion. This way, it’s OK if they head shrinks over time. The result is a fully weatherproof bore with no chance of cracking. The liner’s bore and the wooden OD are concentric.
Detail of the Dome-and-Chimney tone holes for increased playability
A Sterling-Silver ferrule fabricated from pattern wire. Sorry, not available now.
No barrel, no cracking. The receiver is integral with the left-hand section, permanently glued. All new bore from slide to C# hole for power, resonance, stability and tuning. Offset hole #3.
The right-hand section is integral with the long D foot. “Speaker Holes” for tone and tuning. Durable synthetic cork seals the smooth tenon Disassemble for storage. Hole #5 (the F# hole) has a diameter of 0.420″ (10.7mm). Hole #6 (the E hole) is offset 10 degrees. The center band is split (it’s just for show)