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... upper tenon, facing the wood, putting hose clamps around the lower tenon and along the body before reaming, and then turning the outsides. Patrick Olwell said that they machine these into head joints above the barrel joints. The wood is usually fantastic on these though I have found a few with ...

... by Blayne Chastain. Many of you know Blayne already as the owner of the Irish Flute Store as well as the co-director of the wonderful Patrick Olwell documentary "The Keymaster". Blayne visited my shop and filmed me making one of my Essential Flutes , and then he used the very same ...

Julia Delaney wrote:For an extra couple of hundred bucks you can have Olwell put a few tunes into the new flute.
Most people don't know he offers this service.
It's one reason why his flutes sound so good and can play so many tunes.

hahahaha like the fairies in my pipes

... play it, keep it put together ready to go however many flutes they've sold, traded or kept since. My Tipple fits in well with my accumulation of Olwell, Ormiston, M&E, Shannon and sundry wooden and aluminum flutes. Best wishes, K.

For an extra couple of hundred bucks you can have Olwell put a few tunes into the new flute.
Most people don't know he offers this service.
It's one reason why his flutes sound so good and can play so many tunes.

Oddly coincidental, my main flute is a CB boxwood Rudall, which is fantastically expressive, and I am waiting on my CB standard mopane to return from a tuneup with a slide and rings. Good luck with the Olwell, compare them when you get it.

Congrats! I'm at over 13 months waiting for mine at the moment, so be prepared for it to be more than a year! I was quoted around 10 months when I ordered...but I know that was just an estimation. I expect they may have had an uptick in orders since Michael Grinter's unfortunate passing, so they ar...

Congrats! I'm at over 13 months waiting for mine at the moment, so be prepared for it to be more than a year! I was quoted around 10 months when I ordered...but I know that was just an estimation. I expect they may have had an uptick in orders since Michael Grinter's unfortunate passing, so they are...

Bunch of us still hard at it and planning to be for some time. Olwell and Sons seems to be the top of the pile and they plan to be in business for years, according to what Aaron told me the other day. I have never seen an Olwell that I didn't like and all ...

Patrick's flutes are, you know, wonderful. Casey does wonderful things with boxwood, as I expect you know.
Congratulations.

So after years (over a decade :o ) of putting it off, I finally got around to putting in my order for an Olwell Blackwood keyless Pratten with a French lined head. It’s going to be a long year :) I’ve got a lot of work to get myself in shape to be worthy LOL. I’m also waiting ...

Having a little fun with an Olwell cane flute.
Released today on Bandcamp:

https://jonathanmilton.bandcamp.com/track/p-joes

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? I think that’s a big stretch, as the Olwell birthday flutes have special features over the standard models…metal lined ...

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?

an acanthus leaf Grinter model? maybe.

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? I think that’s a big stretch, as the Olwell birthday flutes have special features over the standard models…metal lined ...