For sale: Casey Burns Ergonomic Rudall model in mopane, D, keyless, no rings or slide. Casey’s current list price for this model is $500. I’d like $425, which will include shipping in the continental US.
The flute is 2-3 years old, has been played regularly, and is in very good condition. Like some other owners of mopane flutes (there are threads about this on the board–search under “mopane” and “discoloration”), I’ve experienced some lightening of the wood around the embouchure hole; this goes away with oiling or with an application of carnuba wax, which you can find in the “All Natural” variety of Chapstick, but you do have to reapply it if the look of the lighter wood isn’t to your taste.
Since this is the flute I began with, and since I’ve really enjoyed it, I’d have to say that it’s a good starter instrument, and should be satisfying well beyond that. Even without the slide, I’ve had no trouble getting in tune with other players, including piano and box; the tenon seems to provide ample adjustment. The flute comes with the pouch case that Casey supplies, the velcro somewhat inexpertly resewn by me.
I’m offering the flute because I just received the D body for the Eb flute I purchased from Dave Copley a few months back. I like the Burns very much, but I don’t know that I’d manage to keep all these beasts well played-in.
Please PM with queries. Paypal much preferred. And I’d like to keep things simple by dealing within the continental US. Shipping will be by USPS Priority Mail, insured. Thanks.
I had thought that I was finally beginning to understand the difference between Rudall and Pratten. And I thought that one of the main distinctions was that Pratten has a one piece body while Rudall has two.
Would anyone care to comment why this Burns is actually a Rudall?
The distinction is not in the body alone, a Rudall can be in any form and so can a Pratten. The maker chose to make it with a one piece body but used the Rudall bore dimensions and hole sizes which is where the difference in the styles really lies.
Some feel the terms ‘Rudall’ and ‘Pratten’ have a lot less significance than the names of the actual modern-day makers of the flutes.
I’m sure this flute more closely resembles a typical Casey Burns flute than it does a typical original Rudall flute. More meaningful for us are descriptions like ‘large-holed’, ‘small-holed’, ‘ergonomic’, ‘small-handed’, ‘inline-holed’, etc… These are the terms that Casey and many other makers wisely prefer to use to describe their flutes.
(I know… we’ve had this discussion before, but it’s worth repeating, I think).
Casey has said that Mopane is now in short supply,
and will probably remain so, so the price of mopane
flutes is likely to rise considerably if they are
available at all. This flute will be worth millions!