Olwell Flutes

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:31 am

Ditto Doc. They're the #$%@! Probably the best $80 I ever spent.
In fact, I had to stop playing my F for a while because it was TOO easy. Darn, guess I need a D!

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:06 am

Mmmm . . . the low C Olwell bamboos are the BOMB.

I assume BOMB is what Cathy meant when she wrote, "#$%@."

Stuart

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:59 am

Dang it you guys now I need to try and get a D. I lost Patricks phone number and address after I got the F last year. Anyone help me there.
I could have lived with out this thread you know

Tom

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:14 pm

Check yer PMs, Tom.

Muuuwahahahahahaha.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:04 pm

sturob wrote:Mmmm . . . the low C Olwell bamboos are the BOMB.

I assume BOMB is what Cathy meant when she wrote, "#$%@."

Stuart

Erm, ummm, er, uuh, YEAH! Thanks, Stu!
(Well, actuallly I meant to say "the best."
But you know. Olwell-induced Tourette's, I guess.)

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:35 pm

I guess this man (P. Olwell) can't make anything wrong. It would be interesting to know how Hammy's practise flutes compare with Olwell bamboos. Sort of a comparition between the cheapie flutes from the great master makers.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:57 pm

Whistlin'Dixie wrote:
The highly praised F is not my favorite of the 2..........I have been playing my D almost exclusively.

Mary

Alright, give up that F then Mary

Loren

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:13 pm

Hold it there, pardner.......

Low C, huh??
That the kind you need to play with the pinky ? (If not, I'm SOLD!)

Mary

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:33 pm

No, you play with the regular ol' 6 you play the D with.

Only it's bigger.

So basically, I'm just saying mine's bigger.

Stuart

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:12 pm

Heck! He is out of town until the 22nd.

Tom

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:16 pm

Well, the tax man hath cometh and taketh away in this household.
But I reckon I can still get together enough for another bamboo flute...

And I even have April 22 off!

Mary

talasiga · Post by **talasiga** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:02 pm

Jens_Hoppe wrote:......That being said, I own three Olwell bamboo flutes, in F, Eb and D. I find them all to be wonderfully sounding instruments with excellent tuning. I also find them all more difficult to play than a regular conical wooden D flute.

Why is that?

Jens_Hoppe · Post by **Jens_Hoppe** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:04 pm

talasiga wrote:
Jens_Hoppe wrote:......That being said, I own three Olwell bamboo flutes, in F, Eb and D. I find them all to be wonderfully sounding instruments with excellent tuning. I also find them all more difficult to play than a regular conical wooden D flute.

Why is that?

They seem to require a more precise embouchure and I therefore find it harder to play in the second octave than on the conical flutes I've tried.

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 2:20 pm

Hmm! That's interesting. I think they're easier to toot that a regular flute.

Less expressive, of course, but to my mouth, they seem more forgiving.

Yikes! Maybe Jens is right.

Stuart

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:02 am

Ditto on the "easier to toot" for me, too (which is why I've had to swear off mine except for the casual fun fling). It's like hurtling down an Italian mountainside in a little Alfa Romeo or something.

But I also find my F very expressive -- granted, in an F kind of way, but very expressive nonetheless. (then again, certain F-things are always expressive when used .... ummm, appropriately!

)