bradhurley wrote:Friends of mine refer to all the people who don't appreciate or listen to traditional Irish music as Muggles. It fits, doesn't it?
That's wonderful!
And of course, Harry is sometimes used as a nickname for Henry, so it could fit.....
As for the flutes, they look to mostly be in pretty bad shape. Lots of cracks, missing keys, broken tenons, etc. Also, the seller clearly doesn't know much about them -- they don't even tell or show you how many keys some of them have. At least one of them appears to have less than 8, even though it has the C# and C keys, but I can't tell how many. Another seems to have some sort of chunk taken out of the left-hand joint, or else it's got a strange warp in it, but that's not shown clearly in the pictures. It does appear in more than one picture from different angles, though. Very odd.
On the whole, I'm going to steer clear of these, and I would suggest the same to anyone who doesn't want a major overhaul job on their hands once they get a flute. Just my humble opinion.
Steven
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, and best of luck.