Keyless Hammy For Sale - SOLD

andrewK · Post by **andrewK** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:40 pm

But has anybody bought the flute yet ?
That is what the thread is about.
If Hamilton flutes are any good a readily available one in perfect condition should find a home surely ?

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:46 pm

andrewK wrote:But has anybody bought the flute yet ?
That is what the thread is about.
If Hamilton flutes are any good a readily available one in perfect condition should find a home surely ?

Tell you what andrew, if you're really keen to find this flute a new home, my birthday is coming up soon......

Loren

BMFW · Post by **BMFW** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:27 pm

andrewK wrote:But has anybody bought the flute yet ?

No-one has yet bought the flute although several offers have been received. I am also overwhelmed at the generosity of my fellow C&F'rs who have consistantly bumped this thread using all manner of other topics. My goal is to get banned from the forum for the most gratutious bumping of a for-sale thread in history.

I was originally planning to generate lots of replies and interest in the thread by titling it either " Comparison recordings of all my flutes" or "Relative Humidity", both topics which are odds-on to stimulate the masses. (Sorry for the gambling reference, but I am spending way too much time playing online poker at the moment!)

I'm off to have a tune on my Hammy flute - oh incidentally, does anyone want to buy it?

Graham

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:51 pm

By the way Graham what's the new flute?

Doc

Note that this is not a gratuitous bump but a legitimate inquiry.

BMFW · Post by **BMFW** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:07 pm

Doc Jones wrote:By the way Graham what's the new flute?

It's a keyless Murray, to back up my 8-key Prowse - and I am very impressed with it indeed.

And thankyou for not indulging in a gratuitous bump - which would have been gauche.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:44 pm

Did you hear the rumor that nearly 90% of Hammy's flute serial numbers eventually turn up as big-ticket-lottery winners?

(who needs gratuitous bumps when you can have bogus ones?

)

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:49 pm

Doc Jones wrote:By the way Graham what's the new flute?

Doc

Note that this is not a gratuitous bump but a legitimate inquiry.

Oh, and by the way, Graham, how many keys does it have? And what are they? OOOOOps, sorry, I guess you said it's keyless..... BTW, is that a Hammy you have for sale?

And thanks for the lottery tip Cat. I should have know that 131,504 would be a big winner

Mary

No fair, I'm not telling, I've got 2 bad-boys and one perfect gentleman.....
It's a wonderful life!

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:14 am

"I wonder how the pads on my former flute, the old German flute Mary (Whistlin Dixie) bought, are doing. I used the silicone method on all 8 keys (the bottom two were the trickiest - having to tie them down as well as trim them so they allowed the D and C# to vent properly).

Mary - are they all still in place and sound? Or, did you end up selling the flute?

Eric"

Mary - is this it? "one perfect gentleman"?

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:43 am

I'd be very interested in this flute if it had a lefty embouchure. Hammy says he cuts them differently so I don't trust this one for playing lefty.

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:36 pm

but Hanke - what would you do with a normal keyed flute?
I have a great one if you want, but the keys are not like on the M&E you have.

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:30 pm

Eilam, with a normal keyed flute, I'd probably use the short F, and the Eb keys and take the rest of them off and stick something in the holes. I'd probably think twice before I bought one and payed for the keys that I'd end up taking off. What kind of flute are you talking about here?

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:27 pm

I have a few that are really nice flutes, but I need to pass them on (I just (20 minutes ago) got my keyed Noy flute, it's sooooooooo good!!), I have a 5 key French flute the John Gallagher restored, and the one Noy restored, but there too nice not to use the keys, and there from 1850's, then I have some that need work but are very unique.

but I was mostly asking because it sounded like you were thinking of getting a right handed, keyed flute.

I'm left handed, but since I started on the Boehm (30 years ago !!) I play "normal".

take care, eilam.

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:12 pm

eilam wrote:"I wonder how the pads on my former flute, the old German flute Mary (Whistlin Dixie) bought, are doing. I used the silicone method on all 8 keys (the bottom two were the trickiest - having to tie them down as well as trim them so they allowed the D and C# to vent properly).

Mary - are they all still in place and sound? Or, did you end up selling the flute?

Eric"

Mary - is this it? "one perfect gentleman"?

Nope, Eilam, I haven't sold the flute yet, but that's in the works...

Nope, it's not the "perfect gentleman" either, that's my Byrne.

so Graham, the Hammy, is it blackweed?

Ooooops, sorry, typo.

Mary

BMFW · Post by **BMFW** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:14 pm

Whistlin'Dixie wrote: so Graham, the Hammy, is it blackweed?

Ooooops, sorry, typo.

Mary

It is, indeed blackwood - the very blackest and the very woodiest that money can buy - if, indeed, someone would buy it!!

Graham

andrewK · Post by **andrewK** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:19 pm

Are you forgetting, Graham, that the US economy is in ruins, thanks to poor Mr B. and his friends, and getting worse, and this self inflicted problem is the source of your difficulties ?
To make up for the Administration's incompetence I think it is only proper that they should find you a buyer.