Looking for good wooden flute
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Hi everyone,
I am thinking of buying a wooden keyless flute. I play a silver concert flute which isn't ideal for playing Irish type music, (for me anyway.)
Have any of you flute players suggestions as to where I could get one and what in your opinions are the better ones? Someone suggested a 'Wilkes' any comments on that?
Thanks,
Dave.
I am thinking of buying a wooden keyless flute. I play a silver concert flute which isn't ideal for playing Irish type music, (for me anyway.)
Have any of you flute players suggestions as to where I could get one and what in your opinions are the better ones? Someone suggested a 'Wilkes' any comments on that?
Thanks,
Dave.
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Thanks for that info.
Those 'Copley' flutes sound nice!... I am getting spoilt for choice as someone has offered to sell me a 'Skip Healy' flute.
I would prefer buying from the UK though as this is where I am.
I suppose I will have to leave the 'Wilkes' I don't mind a few months but not years!
At least now I have more options.
Cheers,
Dave.
Those 'Copley' flutes sound nice!... I am getting spoilt for choice as someone has offered to sell me a 'Skip Healy' flute.
I would prefer buying from the UK though as this is where I am.
I suppose I will have to leave the 'Wilkes' I don't mind a few months but not years!
At least now I have more options.
Cheers,
Dave.
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My advice... call Patrick Olwell right now. Order a D bamboo flute from him for delivery now and get on the waiting list for one his unkeyed wooden flutes. The bamboo costs $100, plays beautifully, and is available now. If you get started on it now the wooden flute will arrive just when your fingers and embouchure are ready for it. After that you'll never need another flute again, unless you want keys that is!
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My two cents,
Chris
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No Dave, it doesn't get better.... I started with one silly little Clarke classic, am now making my own whistles, have purchased 3 flutes so far, and am starting to salivate whenever I see photos of high-end concert flutes, cellos and violas..... quick somebody, get medical assistance....and order a Wilkes...(gasp)
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No, it most certainly does not get any better. I have a Grinter blackwood in D, a Copley blackwood in D, Owell bamboos in D and Eb, and I'm on the waitlist for a cocus Olwell in D.
All the flutes I have so far are superb.
As far as wooden flutes go (bamboo excluded), David Copley's flutes are fantastic players and a fantastic deal.
Chris
All the flutes I have so far are superb.
As far as wooden flutes go (bamboo excluded), David Copley's flutes are fantastic players and a fantastic deal.
Chris