Sold - keyless Murray (Hanging on to the Byrne)

dlambert · Post by **dlambert** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:04 am

The Murray has been sold. Thanks for the interest.

I've decided to hang on to the Byrne for a while and see what happens.

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:11 pm

Look at the tuning slide for the maker's mark on the Byrne flute.

Unless things have changed, Bryan engraves the top of the silver sheath of the barrel with BBYRNE, the key of the instrument, and the year of the manufacture. The first B is backwards in BBYRNE.

If it doesn't have that mark, find out from Bryan if he stopped marking flutes that way. I think every flute needs a mark, personally, on something.

Stuart

David Levine · Post by **David Levine** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:29 am

I too have an unmarked B Byrne flute. It's a wonderful flute, as are all he makes. He learned a lot from Chris Wilkes. Everything about Byrne's flutes is wonderful. Except the lack of a maker's mark...

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:47 am

David Levine wrote: He learned a lot from Chris Wilkes. ..

Really? Did he spend some time working with Chris? I hadn't heard that before.

Loren

chas · Post by **chas** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:07 pm

Looking at the track list for WFO2, I noticed that more of the people who say what they play are playing Murrays than anything else.

If I hadn't just bought a flute, I'd definitely go for it.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:22 pm

chas wrote:Looking at the track list for WFO2, I noticed that more of the people who say what they play are playing Murrays than anything else.

If I hadn't just bought a flute, I'd definitely go for it.

Me too if an uninsured fence hadn't just washed away in a storm.

The fact that I've also just bought a flute wouldn't have stopped me.