I have made that milestone in life and am finishing up my life as an undergrad in just a few weeks. I am about to start my post-graduate work next year and unfortunately financial aid isn’t available for my program. With that said, I have to sell this flute, especially since I have a different model flute coming from Patrick and Aaron and will need to be paying for that one soon in addition to tuition next semester. The flute I’m selling was made earlier this year. It is a 6 key D flute with wider wedding band rings, as well as capped tenons. The flute is made from mountain mahogany, a wood that is chocolate brown in color and in regards to weight and tonality falls in between boxwood and blackwood. I would rate this flute as having a more warm sound than blackwood but still more focused than boxwood. I’m taking offers at this stage, contact me if you would like more details.
Pics:
https://goo.gl/photos/tuYuk8fEeparjcJc7
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5479As1SAs
FS: 6 Key Olwell Flute
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Re: FS: 6 Key Olwell Flute
Lovely instrument and great playing, thanks for the links.
I have never heard of flutes from Mountain Mahogany, where is the wood from? There is a tree in the southeastern Appalachian forests named Mountain Mahogany. Is it the same wood as the flute?
Is the flute one of the Olwell birthday flutes? Looks like it.
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I have never heard of flutes from Mountain Mahogany, where is the wood from? There is a tree in the southeastern Appalachian forests named Mountain Mahogany. Is it the same wood as the flute?
Is the flute one of the Olwell birthday flutes? Looks like it.
Thanks,
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Is it a pratten?
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Re: FS: 6 Key Olwell Flute
Yep. Says so in the vid info. Sounds like one too, as luck would have it.
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Re: FS: 6 Key Olwell Flute
From the look of things Lewisc may well be right about the origins of the hardwood used in constructing this flute, it having a good deal of desirable properties for wood turning. Oddly enough, one of it's uses is as firewood, and in the past has been used for smelting ores
See links below.
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant- ... lius.shtml
http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-ide ... -mahogany/
See links below.
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant- ... lius.shtml
http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-ide ... -mahogany/
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Re: FS: 6 Key Olwell Flute
The flute is indeed a Pratten model. The wood came from the pacific northwest. There are multiple varieties of mountain mahogany. I know Alexander Eppler has also made flutes from it, it's been used for uilleann pipes too.
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Re: FS: 6 Key Olwell Flute
Where did the maker get the mountain mahogany to make this with? Do you recall?