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JoFo wrote:When I was first starting out, I brought three flutes to my first lesson. The two-piece Dixon, the three-piece Dixon and the Casey Burns Folk Flute. My teacher didn't like the Dixon flutes at all (so it can't be just me). He did like the Folk flute a lot, though.

The Folk flute is extremely easy to play and sounds really good.

Ill keep an eye out for a Casey Burns in the UK but if I buy from America it starts to go way over my budget

Hello!
Someone cited Doug Tipple flutes.
If you want to buy one of it, I have one to sell from Europe (Italy).
This is the sale post on this forum!

viewtopic.php?f=35&t=105563

I think he already bought one.

And as for a Casey Burns Folk Flute, I have one for sale. I live in Sweden, so there are no import duties.

JoFo wrote:I think he already bought one.

Yep, you are right.
I change my advice to the open poster: if you can, wait to have more money to spend (about 500/600€) and buy a wooden flute. Some good makers offer very nice keyless wooden flute that fits that budget.

cheip wrote:

JoFo wrote:I think he already bought one.

Yep, you are right.
I change my advice to the open poster: if you can, wait to have more money to spend (about 500/600€) and buy a wooden flute. Some good makers offer very nice keyless wooden flute that fits that budget.

Thanks for the advice guys.
As I said I have been lucky and got hold of a Tipple quite cheaply -and am enjoying it.
At the moment the sounds coming out are OK but I can see ive plenty of work to do yet. It'll be a long time before I take it to our fortnightly session

I'm going to stick with my 'plastic' flute until I have a bit more experience of playing and a FAR better embouchere but I can well imagine spending more money later on when I've a bit more of an idea of what I might want. I've never known any musician that only had one instrument.

JimmyManley wrote: I've never known any musician that only had one instrument.

In my perception, flutes are particularly problematic in this regard. To quote a friend, “You first think that the flute is a small instrument and it doesn’t take up much space. That is, until you have a thousand of them.”

There's a Delrin Somers for sale on the "used" forum. I just got one. Nice tone and great in a bar brawl.

David Parkhurst wrote:There's a Delrin Somers for sale on the "used" forum. I just got one. Nice tone and great in a bar brawl.

"used" forum where? Nothing on C&F.

kkrell wrote:

David Parkhurst wrote:There's a Delrin Somers for sale on the "used" forum. I just got one. Nice tone and great in a bar brawl.

"used" forum where? Nothing on C&F.

I do believe David was referring to this one:
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=105493

Mladen wrote:

kkrell wrote:

David Parkhurst wrote:There's a Delrin Somers for sale on the "used" forum. I just got one. Nice tone and great in a bar brawl.

"used" forum where? Nothing on C&F.

I do believe David was referring to this one:
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=105493

Thanks. My forum search missed it, and I also checked in Sold and Old.