@ayakosaito7323 Indeed , Kudo's stopper is a small 14k gold plate inserted on a cork , some part of the cork is exposed to the area we blow ... the sound is unique . When you play with a stopper like his , , the resistance is super high which makes a nice golden french tone.
@ayakosaito7323 English is not my first language , i am sorry i cannot agree with you , resistance can come from material of body , mechanism , stopper's material , etc ... i dont know why you say that resistance can only come from embouchure. And thank you for introducing yourself to me. and I think i am trying to inform you how unusual Kudo's stopper is , it is as i said , half cork / half gold plate . the cork part is exposed to air as like as the 14k gold plate.
You can definitely tell he's noticing the wear and tear on the flute towards the end. By the 5-minute mark or so, he's visibly checking the thumb key. Sad the Lot is showing it's age, but it's definitely a fabulous instrument.
Legendary Louis Lot 18K gold! I know 14K gold is easier to play and can have variety of sound as well, but I definitely prefer tonal beauty of 18K gold. And wonder why Rampal changed to 14K gold Haynes instead of 18K gold Haynes.
@Ayako Saito Absolutely. Sorry if my words were confusing. It's just that one model was with one pitch and the other on another. Second one had a higher pitch from what I remember.
@@FabriceBLR Excuse me to be really late reply. I didn't notice these replies. I know Louis Lot having old scale and aged mechanism and understand you want to change to modern flute. What I wanted to say was why not asking Haynes to make 18K gold model instead of 14K gold model. (or did he asked but refused by Haynes?) To me, 14K gold and 18K gold has completely different sound and I definitely prefer 18K gold sound even it might be having slightly lesser sound variation/flexibility compared to 14K gold.
I think it had to do more so with the gold alloys favoured at that time when he switched. The US is notoriously known for favouring 14K for almost anything gold related unless it's gold bullion, which would be 24K. Given that 14K was probably the most accessible form of gold (and preferred), that may probably be why Haynes made theirs in 14K as opposed to a higher carat of gold. They do offer a 19.5K now, but even then, it's still a rose gold for some reason, which is favoured by US flute makers.
@@flutebkk When the lower register is tough to produce, there are a few problems that may be causing it. While I don't disagree with you, but I've found Lot flutes in general, when well maintained, were built solid and do not have that kind of struggle in terms of the scale, even though it was made over a century ago. I would think this is especially the case with this gold Lot, in the hands of some of the well-regarded artists.
@@flutebkk I'm good enough for you to know there are players out there don't have the problem you have with low notes. Why do I need to show you what I don't have a problem with? The ones who typically have problems with low note sound production are students. Go ask your teacher. I am not obliged to entertain your request, not for free.
There are not many major flutists can sound like Rampal or Kudo anymore. This performance is just outstanding and full of joy in his music.
Kudo is using gold flutes and special gold stoppers , i hav played and observed one of Kudo used old 14k gold flute, very special stopper .
@ayakosaito7323 its the small disc inside headjoint , usually metal with cork stopper , with glue.
@ayakosaito7323 Indeed , Kudo's stopper is a small 14k gold plate inserted on a cork , some part of the cork is exposed to the area we blow ... the sound is unique . When you play with a stopper like his , , the resistance is super high which makes a nice golden french tone.
@ayakosaito7323 English is not my first language , i am sorry i cannot agree with you , resistance can come from material of body , mechanism , stopper's material , etc ... i dont know why you say that resistance can only come from embouchure. And thank you for introducing yourself to me.
and I think i am trying to inform you how unusual Kudo's stopper is , it is as i said , half cork / half gold plate . the cork part is exposed to air as like as the 14k gold plate.
Superb performance and sound!
You can definitely tell he's noticing the wear and tear on the flute towards the end. By the 5-minute mark or so, he's visibly checking the thumb key. Sad the Lot is showing it's age, but it's definitely a fabulous instrument.
Impressive Shigenori Kudo.
Legendary Louis Lot 18K gold!
I know 14K gold is easier to play and can have variety of sound as well, but I definitely prefer tonal beauty of 18K gold. And wonder why Rampal changed to 14K gold Haynes instead of 18K gold Haynes.
Pitch used by orchestras... and making sure he always had one working while the other could be serviced.
@Ayako Saito Absolutely. Sorry if my words were confusing.
It's just that one model was with one pitch and the other on another. Second one had a higher pitch from what I remember.
@@FabriceBLR Excuse me to be really late reply. I didn't notice these replies.
I know Louis Lot having old scale and aged mechanism and understand you want to change to modern flute.
What I wanted to say was why not asking Haynes to make 18K gold model instead of 14K gold model. (or did he asked but refused by Haynes?)
To me, 14K gold and 18K gold has completely different sound and I definitely prefer 18K gold sound even it might be having slightly lesser sound variation/flexibility compared to 14K gold.
I think it had to do more so with the gold alloys favoured at that time when he switched. The US is notoriously known for favouring 14K for almost anything gold related unless it's gold bullion, which would be 24K. Given that 14K was probably the most accessible form of gold (and preferred), that may probably be why Haynes made theirs in 14K as opposed to a higher carat of gold. They do offer a 19.5K now, but even then, it's still a rose gold for some reason, which is favoured by US flute makers.
big volume，quick response！！
Just the rampal tone
Is it the flute owned by Rampal?
Si Stefano, io ero presente e sono anche riuscito a vedere lo strumento che è bellissimo.
@@flutericcardo Grazie! Sei stato fortunato.
I am not sure. I do know that Rampal’s two magnificent gold Haynes’ went to Claudiy Arimany after the maestro died.
Looks - Old Rampal concert? Hears - Yes. watches - nope.
Problem in 3:32, missed a note, had to catch on.
Mr. kudoh said this instrument is not easy to play
It took rampal 8 years to master playing this instrument!
Above all, this performance is outstanding in terms of constant unnecessary gesticulations!
Without them he'd sound like Zuckerberg looks.
Everyone moves differently. Or hadn't you noticed?
I fell like it is harder to play low notes.
That's beause you haven't done enough interval contextually with tonal exercise to overcome the embouchure change.
@@dasteufelhund I think it is easy to understand that I meant this flute is more difficult to play low notes.
@@flutebkk When the lower register is tough to produce, there are a few problems that may be causing it. While I don't disagree with you, but I've found Lot flutes in general, when well maintained, were built solid and do not have that kind of struggle in terms of the scale, even though it was made over a century ago. I would think this is especially the case with this gold Lot, in the hands of some of the well-regarded artists.
@@dasteufelhund If you can play very good low nots, please show me. Please show me that you undersand enough about how to play the flute.
@@flutebkk I'm good enough for you to know there are players out there don't have the problem you have with low notes. Why do I need to show you what I don't have a problem with? The ones who typically have problems with low note sound production are students. Go ask your teacher. I am not obliged to entertain your request, not for free.