Olwell Flute for sale

Ben Shaffer · Post by **Ben Shaffer** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:54 am

This is an early keyless Olwell Flute in the key of D, Boxwood with a Nitric Acid Stain( which gives it the Amber color one sees on very old Boxwood Flutes). Patrick copied this Flute from an early RR Flute in the Dayton Miller Collection.. The Flute is 4 piece with silver rings. There is no slide, but the Flute is easily adjusted for sessions by pulling out the tenon. The Flute sounds wonderful and is an easy Player. The selling price is $800. I would ask that you contact me at my email address. I am selling the Flute to finance a set of small pipes
Ben
Bennc2@aol.com
Well, no surprise the Flute has been sold, if others are interested though I'll still hold on to offers in the event the purchaser changes their mind
Ben

gcollins · Post by **gcollins** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:01 am

Why would you want to sell this flute?

Jayhawk · Post by **Jayhawk** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:07 am

I think he's selling as stated above to finance a set of pipes...you know, one hit and you're hooked...

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:45 pm

Lemme guess, Jessie has already snapped it up.......

Loren

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:23 pm

Yep . . . one more flute to put in that big tupperware box thing.

Stuart

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:29 pm

Tupperware?

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:36 pm

Well, I associate you (Jessie) with a very vague memory of a big plastic box (Tupperware-esque) in which a lot of boxwood flutes were/are stored.

Was that you? Maybe it was someone else. Maybe I was blinded by the boxwood.

Stuart

toddyboy50 · Post by **toddyboy50** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:40 pm

Somebody's most likely snapped up the flute.... I've been sending emails since early morning, and received nary a reply - Tod

toddyboy50 · Post by **toddyboy50** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:45 pm

Ooops, see that it's sold now.... well I really didn't want it anyway - yeah right

- Tod

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:46 pm

My flutes have never been in tupperware.

chas · Post by **chas** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:22 pm

sturob wrote:Well, I associate you (Jessie) with a very vague memory of a big plastic box (Tupperware-esque) in which a lot of boxwood flutes were/are stored.

Was that you? Maybe it was someone else. Maybe I was blinded by the boxwood.

Stuart, if it's boxwood and Tupperware it is probably I. Although it's only three boxwood flutes. So far. (Haven't needed the vessels the last couple of summers -- it hasn't dipped below 70% RH indoors since like April this year, and it was even wetter last year.)

sturob · Post by **sturob** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:41 pm

JessieK wrote:My flutes have never been in tupperware.

Yes, well, lest your righteous indignation get the best of you, it was someone who had a Tupperware-style foot locker into which said person put the flute cases . . . you know, for stable conditions (humidity-wise).

Stuart

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:49 pm

There's a local gal who plays a beautiful blackwood keyed flute and keeps it wrapped up in a towell in a tupperwear container. I think she has a sponge in there too...moisture issues I guess.

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:37 am

sturob wrote:Yes, well, lest your righteous indignation get the best of you,...

Stuart, my righteous indignation, when directed toward you, has nothing to do with this thread, and you know that. I will never again take anything you say in a good way if there is a chance that it was meant otherwise. In this thread, you made a comment about my collecting, implying that I don't care about my instruments. That's hogwash. I love them, as people can and should love inanimate objects. Don't you care about yours? You have quite a few also, I understand. I commented on the tupperware because I didn't want my righteous indignation to get the better of me, and I was pleased to have a minor inaccuracy with which to quibble.

I will not carry this further. I have a busy weekend, full of get-togethers and positive real-life encounters. You are not worth it. But you didn't slip under my radar. You are, indeed, an enemy of your own making.

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:33 am

I think displays of the collections amassed are a little distasteful, partcularly on a forum on which there are often posts from young and old alike who struggle to afford a single PVC flute.

The eleventh commandment:
thou shalt not rain on
somebody else's parade.
I've always enjoyed these pictures, cause I could see what the
flutes looked like. I like pictures of people's sportscars too,
always having wanted one.

The twelth commandment (or at least suggestion) is to
take Jessie as she is. Peace