I’ve gotten a few offers from people looking to sell me their Olwell D flutes (keyless, w. tuning slide). One person offered me his for 1500, with a case, Shipped and insured. That strikes me as a little high, considering its only 1200 new and shipping isn’t all that much.
What soudns like a reasonable price?
-Kel
Kel,
The alternative is to wait a year. Here’s one going for much more on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10183&item=2510789641&rd=1
It does have an extra section. I sold one on eBay a couple of years ago for $2,400. I think the price, $1,500, is okay if it’s in near mint condition.
Bill
[ This Message was edited by: SuiZen on 2003-02-28 17:08 ]
Kel…
If you have more offers than you can use, feel free to send them my way. I’m looking for an Olwell too. My email is in lower tray.
In all fairness the Olwell which is about to be sold (if it makes the reserve) is two flutes - A D AND AN Eb
Does anyone want to sell me theirs?. . .
…New, that flute is about 12 or 1300 from Patrick. The Eb section, according to my teacher and people she knows, costs about, oh. 3-400 from Pat. So that’s 800 dollars more than new for a used flute..
The e-bay flute looked to be over 6 years old.
Regardless of the fact that it had the extra section, it still wouldn’t take 6 years to have one of his keyless flutes made for you, eh?
The reserve must have been pretty high, the flute didn’t sell.
If you want the flute you’re being offered for $1500.00 and don’t want to wait a year, I say buy it! Try it first and make sure you like it.
Later, Mary
I made the choice last December to spend $1750 for a used Olwell. I can honestly say, that while I KNOW I could have spent less and waited, the flute paid itself off the minute I played it. As a serious player, I really, really needed an upgrade, and it worked out for me. The flute was the best I could buy without a wait.
Any remaining qualms vanished the first night I played out. The reason being, my buddies John & Chris the bartenders actually noticed a difference. They turn their ears off to music as a form of survival most days. So I was surprised that both of them said something about the the flute sound that night. You could say the Olwell passed the “bartender test”!
So anyway, that’s been my experience. You can put me down in the “buy it!” category, heh heh. I might have laughed at another person for buying an Olwell for more than maker’s price, until I became one of them. Then again, I do get paid for playing, so it pays itself off and a lot of hassles with the cheaper flutes I was playing were just… gone!
Cara
P.S. feel free to email me if you have more questions.
I think that wild, the auction reached the more then fair price, I cant believe the seller actually wanted more.
I think buying a used instrument or one off the shelve, is a good way to go, because you can return it if its not all you expected, and find another one.
When you’ve invest a year or two, it’s a little harder to do, return and wait two more years?