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Hi Guys
I am currently ordering a flute and in my head I would like bone/ivory foot and endcap and possibly same as domes on low c keys.. and also milled/ engineered silver rings
Just wondering would anyone have pictures of same to aid design
Many thanks
K

There must be something fishy that this flute hasn’t sold
Nice low serial number re tuning etc….

Hi
does anyone know does Pol still make flutes?
Kind regards
K.

Hi Guys, Owing to funding not coming through for a research project,I'm considering selling a brand new sam murray Eb made from figured boxwood and ivory.6 keys.I have seen the work in progress and it looks great,due for delivery in next 2 weeks. I really don't want to sell this,but if I have to...I...

Hi guys,
Hammy blackwood pratten style keyless flute for sale
About 5/6 years old.
I owned it from new. no cracks or warp.In excellent condition
Reason for selling is i now have a keyed flute.
Reasonable offers considered

Hi guys,
I have a blackwood keyless hammy for sale.its about 3years old and im selling it to finance a keyed flute
contact me if interested
KF

Hi Guys,
Just wondering is anyone looking to buy a keyless hammy flute in african blackwood.There 850e new,this one I got approx 4 years ago and is nicely broken on and very playable,I have since mpved on to a keyed flute.All reasonable offers considered,
regards,
KF

Hmmm ... lovely flute playing. Am I the only one, though? I had to turn it off not long after the guitar came in - it was, basically, out of time and out of tune. Odd ... There was something funny about the sound quality though, and I'm wondering if that could have made things worse? the flute was ...

Surely not much of a mystery here. The wood (especially if it is of the box variety) in a flute can react to the trauma of being reamed, turned, drilled, posted and played, by changing its shape. Even wood which has been out of its tree for many decades is well able to fidget a bit after such treat...

I live in galway and can say that I've played nearly all the flutes that have left Sam's shop in the last year/year and a half..keyed and unkeyed I have yet to play one that was out of tune.I think it helpfull to suggest players adjust emboucheres to suit the flute..The shape of the embouchere does ...

contact sam murray..he did(or is) making one

ya i think so....i wonder are they expensive?

hi guys does anyone have one of these? Think they were in F...I'm looking to buy one at the moment.Cheers
Kevin

oboe will be based on early classical oboe,modern tuning..standard oboe reeds.Standard flute fingering& cross fingering..2key, persian(best)boxwood and ivory.It will of course play into 2nd octave.

has anyone else heard? Apparently,the eccentric,evasive genius that is Mr.Murray is planning on modifying a baroque oboe so it would play with normal flute fingering and so the player would be able to buy modern oboe reeds instead of the custom made baroque reeds.this means you'd be able to play alo...