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I own a & Keyed Murray flute. I love its light weight it's so confortable to play it that It became my main flute since several years ago. I never had a single problem regarding bending o cracking. I live in the South of Spain (quite hot, as you know) and the flute looks the same , like the day ...

Yes, I agree.
S.

Hi:
"Granadillo" is the Spanish word for "Dalbergia melanoxylon"
Regards,
S.

I´m glad to hear that.
Can you tell us a bit about finger hole spacing and ergonomy of the flute?
Thanks!
S.

Hi there!
If you have 2000$ and your aim is to own a very good flute with a short waiting list then Lehart is your man.
I vote for him, considering this.
Regards!
S.

That is correct.

Beautifull post. An interesting issue: As you mentioned Kevin Crawford use to pull the slide out a lot (around 2cm) to play de Grinter in tune A=440hz, but Alan Doherty (former flute player in the band Grada) use to close completely the slide to play his Grinter in tune. Such a huge diferent slide p...

Price reduced to 475€ + shipping

I own a 6 Keyed San Murray in boxwood since 2010 and I have to say that it is completely stable wood.
No cracks, no bending or other issues.
I live in the South of Spain, a rather dry climate, and all I do is to oil the flute from time to time.
So my experience is pretty good with boxwood.
Regards.
S.

I sell an anoymous 8 keyed Wooden flute in Cocus Wood. Good player, beautiful, recently repaded. It does the job. Pictures: https://app.box.com/s/r64qzb41u8sbhw20py2pfwx26jifcbu0 Issues: 1-A repaired crack in the headjoint. Completely stable since reparation date. See pictures for details. It goes f...

Flute sold

Flute sold.

Sadly I have to sell my terrific Wilkes for financials issues:
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Regards.
S.

Hi: I sell my 8 Keyed Wilkes Flute. Rudall and Rose model, large holes, african blackwood. Made in 1992. All the keys working fine, even footjoint keys, easy to get a strong C and C#. It has a reparied crack in the headjoint (circa 2007). It´s completely stable since then. This flute can give you th...