Beware of cheap ebay flutes!

The Chiff & Fipple Irish Flute on-line community. Sideblown for your protection.
User avatar
benhall.1
Moderator
Posts: 14785
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:21 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe

Re: Beware of cheap ebay flutes!

Post by benhall.1 »

AuLoS303 wrote:But there must be some good eBay flutes out there...
Of course there are. But they're usually - always, maybe? - not that cheap.
User avatar
Conical bore
Posts: 505
Joined: Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:12 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Location: Pacific Northwest USA

Re: Beware of cheap ebay flutes!

Post by Conical bore »

benhall.1 wrote:
AuLoS303 wrote:But there must be some good eBay flutes out there...
Of course there are. But they're usually - always, maybe? - not that cheap.
No kidding. I bought my current and only flute on Ebay, and it sure wasn't cheap. It was a known maker of high reputation so I didn't feel like it was a major risk, except for the usual shipping drama and it arrived in good shape.

If you do enough research, Ebay can be a good way to expand a search for something you're interested in, but you do have to know the market and the respected makers, and none of those flutes will be cheap.
User avatar
Nanohedron
Moderatorer
Posts: 38202
Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2002 6:00 pm
antispam: No
Please enter the next number in sequence: 8
Tell us something.: Been a fluter, citternist, and uilleann piper; committed now to the way of the harp.

Oh, yeah: also a mod here, not a spammer. A matter of opinion, perhaps.
Location: Lefse country

Re: Beware of cheap ebay flutes!

Post by Nanohedron »

A recent thread on bait-and-switch flute fraud:

https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewt ... 3#p1251693
"If you take music out of this world, you will have nothing but a ball of fire." - Tribal musician
Post Reply