An Olwell is born . . .
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An Olwell is born . . .
Well, I thought about doing an homage to Chris Laughlin, but it just wasn't working for me. The light was wrong, and all. Oh, and I'm not a good photographer. Blah blah.
Just thought I'd share some images of the object of my own desire, my own flute grail . . . it's been, oh, what, 9ish years in the making? Well, probably didn't take that long to make, but the wait was that long.
This is my keyed Olwell. It's his nach Nicholson, for lack of a better term; the medium-ish holed variety. Single-piece middle section because Pat had found a piece of timber he thought would work well for the midjoint. It's flamed/curly boxwood, silver keys and slide, and it has mammoth ivory rings. Fully-lined headjoint. Mmmmmm.
First, the whole shebang.
A closeup of the barrel section, showing the two ring styles (the slide is set off with simple rings, the others are more decorative), and a little more of the curliness.
A look at the headjoint.
And, the serial number. I think it's on the back of the headjoint because the thickness of the ivory rings precluded its being on the endgrain. Or, maybe Pat's putting them out for all to see now.
I've updated my avatar with a shot of the maker's name and the footjoint ring. Yes, it plays as nicely as it looks. I played it for 45 minutes yesterday without realizing it.
Sigh. I knew if I started talking about it, people would bug me about images. Yes, yes, I ought to make a sound clip. I know.
Stuart
Just thought I'd share some images of the object of my own desire, my own flute grail . . . it's been, oh, what, 9ish years in the making? Well, probably didn't take that long to make, but the wait was that long.
This is my keyed Olwell. It's his nach Nicholson, for lack of a better term; the medium-ish holed variety. Single-piece middle section because Pat had found a piece of timber he thought would work well for the midjoint. It's flamed/curly boxwood, silver keys and slide, and it has mammoth ivory rings. Fully-lined headjoint. Mmmmmm.
First, the whole shebang.
A closeup of the barrel section, showing the two ring styles (the slide is set off with simple rings, the others are more decorative), and a little more of the curliness.
A look at the headjoint.
And, the serial number. I think it's on the back of the headjoint because the thickness of the ivory rings precluded its being on the endgrain. Or, maybe Pat's putting them out for all to see now.
I've updated my avatar with a shot of the maker's name and the footjoint ring. Yes, it plays as nicely as it looks. I played it for 45 minutes yesterday without realizing it.
Sigh. I knew if I started talking about it, people would bug me about images. Yes, yes, I ought to make a sound clip. I know.
Stuart
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What's the deal with the mammoth ivory rings? Are they one of Pat's standard offerings, or were they a one-off?
Charlie
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