Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
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Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
I'm sure most people here in this forum have seen the lovely Original Pratten's Perfected flute, 8-keyed, made by John Hudson, circa 1852, listed on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Prat ... 7572755%26
and apologies if this is a re-post that someone else has already made, but just had to post about it as it's such a gorgeous looking flute, and I'm sure it plays great too. There's a great description of it on the eBay listing, plus two audio clips of this flute. Would be great to have the mula to snap it up, as it looks to be a true original with the custom-ordered keys in the Rudall & Rose saltspoon design, and other lovely unique details like this. Lucky fluter who gets this, as I see there are quite a few people watching this.
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Murrough
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Prat ... 7572755%26
and apologies if this is a re-post that someone else has already made, but just had to post about it as it's such a gorgeous looking flute, and I'm sure it plays great too. There's a great description of it on the eBay listing, plus two audio clips of this flute. Would be great to have the mula to snap it up, as it looks to be a true original with the custom-ordered keys in the Rudall & Rose saltspoon design, and other lovely unique details like this. Lucky fluter who gets this, as I see there are quite a few people watching this.
Best,
Murrough
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
$6,000 and the tenons are wrapped with plumbers' tape?
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
But it's original, vintage, plumbers' tape. Best sounding original plumbers' tape you'll find in fact.Julia Delaney wrote:$6,000 and the tenons are wrapped with plumbers' tape?
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
I don't see what some removable tape has to do with the price.
It's teflon tape and it makes it easier to get a nice seal without undoing the original threads underneath and replacing them with cork. a win-win situation, you keep the historical authenticity and make it play well.
It's teflon tape and it makes it easier to get a nice seal without undoing the original threads underneath and replacing them with cork. a win-win situation, you keep the historical authenticity and make it play well.
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
Maybe. Others here (who know more than me) have warned against using Teflon tape on the tenons. They say it can give a deceptively smooth feel to a joint that's actually too tight --- raising risk of tenon crack.
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
I believe the seller may not be unknown on this forum!
He also has this listed: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGee-Keyed-I ... 0977045609
....and there was this one not long back: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Ruda ... 0979864323
Familiar to anyone?
He also has this listed: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McGee-Keyed-I ... 0977045609
....and there was this one not long back: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Ruda ... 0979864323
Familiar to anyone?
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
Well, there is a sort of Rudally guy living out that way, (for whom I can personally vouch with no reservations whatsoever). Hard to know for sure, though!
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
...and the quality of playing on the sound clips gives yet another clue to the identity of the mystery seller If'n only I had the means to purchase such a fine thing, sigh...
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Mystery? It's Damn Mysterious. (Not!)
(Russian fighter jet, oh yes....)
(Russian fighter jet, oh yes....)
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That was a good one! Almost game show materialjemtheflute wrote: (Russian fighter jet, oh yes....)
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
Um, the name you are groping for is more like the series of planes that came from the boards of the Mikoyan-I-Gurevich design bureau. . .
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And say "Oh, yes" in a Princess Di kind-of way without the "s"......
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Or the 'Jameekan' way, oh yeah, ayrie man!
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Re: Original Pratten 8 Key Irish Flute
Who's off-topic??
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