Just got an email from Matthew Olwell this morning that my keyless blackwood Pratten is almost ready!
Right on time too, just a little over a year from the order date.
Just a little bit more....
-Jim
My new Olwell is almost ready!
My new Olwell is almost ready!
-Jim
... Still not good, trying though
... Still not good, trying though
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
Enjoy! I bought mine 20 years ago and I'm still in awe of how awesome it is.Jim_B1 wrote:Just got an email from Matthew Olwell this morning that my keyless blackwood Pratten is almost ready!
Right on time too, just a little over a year from the order date.
Just a little bit more....
-Jim
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
I'll second what Matt predicted.
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
Congrats! I got mine a year ago March. It's a fantastic flute and I consider myself lucky to have it! Hope you love yours as much (I'm sure you will)!
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
nice, wish i had the money and the patience for waiting for one of these
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
Took me 20 years to order one so the 14 month wait went by in a flashcavefish wrote:nice, wish i had the money and the patience for waiting for one of these
-Jim
... Still not good, trying though
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
I'm curious 
How much did you pay it? It's definitely too early for me thinking to buy one, but dreaming is free 
How much did you pay it? It's definitely too early for me thinking to buy one, but dreaming is free -
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
It's never too early to think about buying one--especially if you might want a keyed one in six or so years. I got on the list in 2008 thinking I'd want a Rudall but ended up getting a gorgeous six-keyed Nicholson in 2014. Another six years later and I still love it.Marish wrote:I'm curious
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
Marish - there was a keyless Olwell with case, but without tuning slide, for sale on Reverb recently. Went for around $1000 (10275 Swedish crowns)
https://reverb.com/item/7996660-patrick ... -with-case
https://reverb.com/item/7996660-patrick ... -with-case
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
Um, isn't that $1,000 ?Steampacket wrote: $10000 (10275 Swedish crowns)
https://reverb.com/item/7996660-patrick ... -with-case
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
I also took about 20 years to finally get on the list. Placed my orders for a keyless and keyed back in October 2019Jim_B1 wrote:Took me 20 years to order one so the 14 month wait went by in a flash
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Re: My new Olwell is almost ready!
Yes Steve, my mistake. I've corrected it now. First time I've seen an Olwell flute on the reverb site. In 2009 I bought my keyless Olwell (Pratten model) with a silver lined head joint, from a musician/teacher in Cork and paid £1300, around $1500. It was only a few months old then.Um, isn't that $1,000 ? - Steve