Recent Additions to the Site
The late Peter Horan at Willie Clancy Week, 2005, photo copyright Peter Laban, Miltown Malbay
November 21, 2015: Added Folk Friends, Thierry Denni, and Sébastien Villoing to the directory of flute makers.
September 8, 2015: Added Peter Worrell to the directory of flute makers.
June 22, 2015: Added Tim Adams to the directory of flute makers.
June 10, 2015: Added Steffen Gabriel to the directory of flute makers.
February 5, 2014: Added Derek Curtis (thanks to Gordon Turnbull for the info!) and Jessy Flauti to the directory of flute makers.
January 22, 2014: Added info about the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend (Catherine McEvoy and John Blake will teach flute) to the Flute News page.
November 30, 2013: Added Martin Meehan to the list of recommended flute players.
November 14, 2013: Added announcement of the upcoming launch of Fintan Vallely's new flute tutor to the News and Events page.
January 26, 2013: Added announcement about the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend (June 2013) to the News and Events page.
August 8, 2012: Added Harry McGowan to the list of recommended flute players; also added reference to Eamonn Cotter's new CD.
January 17, 2012: Added Glen Lebot to the directory of flute makers; added a link to Conal O'Grada's flute tutor to the page on books.
November 13, 2011: Added information on Fintan Vallely's upcoming new editions of Timber: The Flute Tutor, and The Companion to Irish Music to the page on learning to play Irish music on the wooden flute. Also added information on Stuart Boyd's books on playing Irish music on the Bb band flute.
May 29, 2011: Added Hatao to the list of recommended flute players.
March 30, 2011: Added Ray Brook to the directory of flute makers.
February 6, 2011: Added Victor Dols to the directory of flute makers.
January 17, 2011: Added William Simmons to the directory of flute makers.
November 19, 2010: I've made a number of small additions to the site over the past few weeks; mostly on the News and Events page as well as updating some flute makers' listings, adding a few new resources, etc.
October 3, 2010: Added Rolando Heredia and Holmes-McNaughton Flutes to the directory of flute makers.
March 15, 2010. Added Garry Somers to the directory of flute makers.
February 18, 2010. Added info on Mick Mulvey's new CD to the Recommended Flute Players page and the News and Events page
January 22, 2010. Added information on the 2010 Flute Meeting in Co. Cork, Ireland to the News and Events page.
August 2, 2009. Updated information on Hammy Hamilton's new edition of The Irish Fluteplayer's Handbook to several pages on the site, as well June McCormack's new Fliúit 2 tutorial. Added Kevin Jones to the list of flute makers.
March 29, 2009. Added an announcement on the News and Events page that Lesl Harker has published Second Wind, a collection of 300 more tunes from Mike Rafferty.
March 17, 2009. Added François Baubet to the directory of flute makers.
December 4, 2008. A number of miscellaneous updates have been made recently to the directory of flute makers and the list of recommended players. Also added an announcement about Hammy Hamilton's new DVD on flute maintenance and repair; see the News and Events page for details (also mentioned on the Repair and Maintenance page).
August 12, 2008. Added Josh Dukes of Washington, DC to the list of recommended flute players (his new CD, "The Long Trip Home" was released in July).
March 23, 2008. Added David O'Brien to the directory of flute makers.
March 19, 2008. Added an announcement to the News and Events page about an upcoming Seamus Tansey workshop and concert in Boston.
January 10, 2008. Added info on two upcoming events in Ireland to the News and Events page.
September 18, 2007. Added Roxanne van Schayk of Orkney, Scotland to the list of people offering flute repairs.
September 10, 2007. Added Wildwinds flutes to the directory of flute makers and dealers; updated email address for flute maker Pol Jezequel.
June 1, 2007. Added Solen Lesouef (one of the very few female simple-system flute makers in the world today) to the directory of flute makers.
April 11, 2007. Added Rob Forbes to the directory of flute makers. (FYI I've made a number of other minor additions and updates over the past few months but haven't noted them here.)
November 27, 2006. Added James Carty and Fionnghuala Leahy to the list of recommended flute players.
October 23, 2006. Added Stéphane Morvan to the directory of flute makers (he now has a website).
October 12, 2006. Updated Doug Tipple's listing in the flute makers' section.
August 17, 2006. Added a link to the new website for 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty, as well as an announcement for June McCormack's new flute tutorial (book and CDs) to the News and Events page.
May 1, 2006. Removed the Wooden Flute Exchange from the site. The pages of the Exchange are still there, but now provide links to other sites where you can buy or sell flutes.
April 18, 2006. Added another flute for sale and a "flute wanted to buy" (actually trade) on the Wooden Flute Exchange. Note that the Wooden Flute Exchange will shut down on May 1, 2006 It has become a haven for scam artists and is just too risky.
April 10, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 22, 2006. Added a "flute wanted to buy" ad to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 21, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 20, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 10, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 6, 2006. Added announcement about June McCormack and Michael Rooney's new CD on the News and Events page.
February 25, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the wooden flute exchange.
February 23, 2006. Added a "flute wanted to buy" ad to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
February 20, 2006. Added two more flutes for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
January 27, 2006. Added information about the new tunebook, 300 Tunes From Mike Rafferty, to the News and Events page and the Mike Rafferty Interview page.
January 19, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
January 3, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
January 2, 2006. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
December 28, 2005. Added an announcement on the News and Events page about the three-day "Flute Meeting" to be held in West Cork, Ireland next April.
November 20, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange. Also added Pol Jezequel (in Brittany, France) to the directory of flute makers and dealers.
November 13, 2005. Added Jon Dodd (Miltown Malbay, Ireland) to the list of people who repair and restore wooden flutes.
October 24, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
October 19, 2005. Added Malo Carvou from Brittany to the list of recommended flute players.
October 3, 2005. Added Forbes Christie (Windward Flutes) to the directory of flute makers and also to the maintainance and repair page. Forbes did repair work for many years with Boston's finest flute makers and is now making his own wooden flutes as well as offering repair and restoration services for both wooden and metal flutes.
September 22, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
September 9, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
August 28, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
August 11, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
July 27, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
July 6, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
June 29, 2005. Added Glenn Watson to the directory of flute makers.
June 23, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange and added Doug Tipple to the directory of flute makers.
June 22, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
June 21, 2005. Added Michel Bonamy to the directory of flute makers, including PDFs with photos of his flutes and current prices.
June 16, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
June 14, 2005. Added another flute-wanted-to-buy ad to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
June 9, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
June 8, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
June 4, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
May 29, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
May 27, 2005. Added two more flutes for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange. Also added The Irish Flute Store to the list of flute makers and dealers.
May 22, 2005. Added a link to the Northwind Flute Cases, distributed by Hammy Hamilton, to the flute cases page.
May 18, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
May 17, 2005. Added Graymalkin Music to the directory of flute dealers and makers.
May 14, 2005. Completed a redesign of the site and added a some new photos.
May 12, 2005. Added a belated announcement about the brilliant Flute Players of Roscommon CD to the Flute News and Recommended Players pages.
May 4, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
May 3, 2005. Added a flute-wanted-to-buy ad to the Wooden Flute Exchange. Also added information about Harry Bradley and Paul O'Shaughnessy's new CD, "...Born for Sport." to the Flute News and Recommended Players pages.
April 29, 2005. Updated the Irish Flute Calendar (note that there's a new link; if you've bookmarked the calendar please update your bookmark) to include most of the major upcoming summer festivals and schools.
April 14, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
April 2, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 30, 2005. Added Olivier St-Amand (listed under Phi-Flutes) to the directory of flute makers.
March 29, 2005. Added two more flutes for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 16, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
March 3, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
February 28, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
February 14, 2005. Added Alexander Eppler to the list of flute makers (he makes wooden Boehm-system flutes and wooden headjoints). Note: several people buying and selling flutes on the Wooden Flute Exchange have been victims or near-victims of scam operations recently. If you're buying or selling a flute, please read the warnings on the Wooden Flute Exchange pages (which have been posted prominently there for several years).
February 1, 2005. Added a flute-wanted-to-buy ad to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
January 31, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
January 24, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
January 9, 2005. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
January 8, 2005. Added Maurice Reviol to the directory of flute makers.
December 23, 2004. Added several more flutes for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
December 22, 2004. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
December 14, 2004. Added announcement about Mike Rafferty's new solo CD to the News and Events page.
November 24, 2004. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
November 23, 2004. Added another flute for sale and a flute-wanted-to-buy ad to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
November 22, 2004. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.
November 21, 2004. Added another flute for sale to the Wooden Flute Exchange.