patric olwell bamboo flutes

maracirac · Post by **maracirac** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 3:36 pm

i want to buy one of olwell bamboo flutes, because friend of mine will be in usa for two months long holiday, so she will able to buy flute for me without any transport and custom problems.
i want to know from someone who bought olwell bamboo flutes recently, prices of his bamboo flutes, term of delivery ( is it possible under 2 months?) friend of mine will give patrick a call when she will come in usa, but i want some fresh expirience in advance ( expecialy about delivery time !).
also some sugestion wich key to choose? i don't need d or eflat, because i have desi seery flute, but what about g, f or bflat. does some have expirience with his b flat bamboo flute? i have big hands, and i use standard grip for holding a flute.
thank for any advice, marin

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 3:44 pm

If you already have a D and an Eb get an F. Mine is astounding.

Doc

AaronMalcomb · Post by **AaronMalcomb** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 10:54 am

Olwell bamboos are usually shipped in about a months time (sometimes less). I would agree with Doc's suggestion and get the F.
Bb is a lovely pitch but for bamboo it would come in the higher pitch and not the lower one since Patrick makes his flutes out of a single node of bamboo and I'm not sure if he gets nodes big enough for low Bb. If he does I would be most content to be wrong.
Cheers,
Aaron

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 2:41 pm

I think the biggest he's made is C, but I could be wrong about that. I have a low C, and it's just GREAT.

I don't think that he sells them any more, though; it's probably hard enough to get a node long enough for low D.

Stuart

ChrisLaughlin · Post by **ChrisLaughlin** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 2:43 pm

I also have a low C. It's earthshaking.
Chris

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 4:04 pm

I also have a low C Olwell bamboo and really like it, though as a general rule I think F is a particularly magical key for both bamboo flutes and low whistles. I would go with the F.

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 10:53 pm

Well I just talked to Partick today and he was firing up the kiln getting ready to start another batch of Bamboo flutes. Got my F ordered. Does he mark his bamboo flutes in any way? When I read he uses a single node it made me think of a bamboo flute I got on ebay quite a while ago, long before my lips worked so I put it away until I could play it. It realy is a nice flute and its a single node and according to my tuning program it is in the key of F. There are no markings on it. Anyway just woundering if maybe I got lucky.

Tom

maracirac · Post by **maracirac** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:53 am

thank you all for your sugestions! i will go for f or maybe low c ( if he produce still c bamboo flute ) i am agree with opinion that f is great key for low whistle, but i haven't chance to try flute in that key yet.
marin

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:29 am

Blackbeer wrote:Does he mark his bamboo flutes in any way

He marks them with OLWELL just like the wooden ones. You got lucky in that you have a nice bamboo flute, but probably not an Olwell.

Stuart

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:03 am

Blackbeer wrote:Well I just talked to Partick today and he was firing up the kiln getting ready to start another batch of Bamboo flutes. Got my F ordered. Does he mark his bamboo flutes in any way? When I read he uses a single node it made me think of a bamboo flute I got on ebay quite a while ago, long before my lips worked so I put it away until I could play it. It realy is a nice flute and its a single node and according to my tuning program it is in the key of F. There are no markings on it. Anyway just woundering if maybe I got lucky.

Tom

Tom,
Do you have contact info for Patrick? Or vendor info?
Thanks, Mike

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:37 pm

Ya Mike:
Patrick Olwell
P.O.Box 117
Nellysford, VA 22958
1-424-277-9215

This is all on Brads web site. If you haven`t been there you realy should check it out. Great site.

Tom

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 6:24 am

Blackbeer wrote:Ya Mike:
Patrick Olwell
P.O.Box 117
Nellysford, VA 22958
1-424-277-9215

This is all on Brads web site. If you haven`t been there you realy should check it out. Great site.

Tom

Tom, thanks. I'll check out Brad's site. I am a whistler cautiously testing the flute waters.
Best,
Mike

planxtydt · Post by **planxtydt** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:35 am

Is it possible to contact Patrick via email? Obviously I don't expect someone to post his email address here for the bots to get. Any way of getting it to me?

I'd like to get an Eb from his new batch.

Thanks

David

herbivore12 · Post by **herbivore12** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:39 am

In case anyone's tried the phone number above for Pat, the area code should read "434", rather than "424"; that'll get you to him.

He's a really nice guy, so I'd recommend a phone call rather than e-mail, just to chat a bit; we talked about his vacation to the Northwest and about redwood and sequoia trees (*not* as flute timber!) and his early travels in my area of the world back in the early '70s before we got around to talking about flutes.

(I've got a bamboo Eb on order, and am wavering as to whether to place an order for one of his Pratten style flutes; I love my R&R style and that R&R sound, but I played an Olwell a couple weeks ago, and it was very nice. . . oy. Do I really need more than one blackwood D flute? Arrgh.)

--Aaron

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 3:15 pm

OOOPS!! Sorry about that. Sometimes these keyboards come up with the strangest enterpritations of what my fingers are saying-)

Tom