Hi,
how much do you think a black wood 8 key D Grinter could go for? I imagine that considering his tragic departure they'll probably go for a pretty penny, I'm thinking in the range of Olwell's birthday flutes? What's your opinion?
Grinter flute price?
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Re: Grinter flute price?
The market will sort itself out as flutes appear. But I assume you are correct.
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Re: Grinter flute price?
One offered here in Australia matching that exact description failed to sell recently for A$4300, about USD$3000, after being listed a couple of times on ebay and here. This is principally due to the immense difficulties of getting CITES permits to import into the US and other countries. This flute was offered, by pure coincidence, at the exact time Mike Grinter was killed tragically in a road cycling accident.
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Re: Grinter flute price?
A six key lancewood Grinter was for sale, in England, for £3000 ($3865) in March 2018. This was before Grinter's sad demise and I don't know if it sold. I suspect though there is a greater demand for Pat Olwell's flutes than Grinter's
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Re: Grinter flute price?
I think that’s a big stretch, as the Olwell birthday flutes have special features over the standard models…metal lined tenons, lined keyways, cocus wood, foot to low C or B, etc.flutingwax wrote:I imagine that considering his tragic departure they'll probably go for a pretty penny, I'm thinking in the range of Olwell's birthday flutes? What's your opinion?
Grinters are very nice, but I’ve noticed a lot more variance from Grinter to Grinter, than Olwells, which are freakishly consistent from flute to flute. Probably just a matter of finding the right buyer and seeing what the market will bear…
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Re: Grinter flute price?
an acanthus leaf Grinter model? maybe.flutingwax wrote:Hi,
how much do you think a black wood 8 key D Grinter could go for? I imagine that considering his tragic departure they'll probably go for a pretty penny, I'm thinking in the range of Olwell's birthday flutes? What's your opinion?
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Re: Grinter flute price?
Yeah, I know that Olwell's birthday flutes have special features but, ecxept for last year's, they've been 6 keys and not 8. Also the production of Grinters just stopped, while hopefully Olwells will continue for a while with his son taking over (even if the waiting list is super long).rmvanhorn wrote:I think that’s a big stretch, as the Olwell birthday flutes have special features over the standard models…metal lined tenons, lined keyways, cocus wood, foot to low C or B, etc.flutingwax wrote:I imagine that considering his tragic departure they'll probably go for a pretty penny, I'm thinking in the range of Olwell's birthday flutes? What's your opinion?
Grinters are very nice, but I’ve noticed a lot more variance from Grinter to Grinter, than Olwells, which are freakishly consistent from flute to flute. Probably just a matter of finding the right buyer and seeing what the market will bear…
As far as consistency with Grinters, every one that I tried was great, with the odd one that was outstanding. This is for the new model and not the old one. I didn't care much for the old design. Same goes for Olwells. I tried a few (less than Grinters) and I thought they were great. I just remember that there was a particular keyless one that stood out for me.
Just curious by the way.