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Why teach Recorder making. - After many conversations
with my colleagues around the world, we have come to
an unfortunate conclusion. We are none of us getting
any younger. We also look around and see - the same
faces we saw 20 years ago. Great for workspace solidarity,
but worrying. Certainly, younger makers have made an
appearance, but they have to compete with our generation,
and many have fallen by the wayside. In the '70s, almost
the majority of the present European makers studied
recorder making with Fred Morgan. At that time he was
ready and willing to share the knowledge and experience
that he had, and were it not for his premature end,
I'm sure that he would have continued to share for as
long as he could.
We now feel that it is time for us
to share what we know, and pass on the fruits of, in
my case, 30 years of experience to anyone who wants
it.
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The week will start with a session on materials handling,
boring and turning, with the student encouraged to prepare
blanks for either a voice flute or an alto recorder
in hard maple. We will cover interpretation of plans,
preparation of bore diagrams and reamers, and woodturning
techniques either for complete beginners or experienced
turners. We will continue by making three recorders
in tandem, two of my own and one of the students, and
the student will cut voicings and make blocks under
my close supervision.
At the end of the week I will give
a detailed demonstration of voicing and tuning, and
you will have a recorder [albeit rather oily!!] to take
away with you, that I will guarantee to be 100% playable.
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Practical details:
- Courses will last 5
working days.
- Accommodation will
be either in local bed and breakfast [cost extra]
or in my own yurt,
with woodburner, during the summer months. Evening
meals and lunch will be included.
- Participants will be
expected to have their own personal accident insurance.
- Cost, to include the
finished instrument, will be £900.
- Dates can be arranged
throughout the year.
- Get in touch ~ Use
the email link at the bottom of any page.
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