M&E Xtreme Makeover

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:18 pm

Hi,
I just finished Eilam's M&E Xtreme makeover, thought I would share it with you. Gave it a little more contour in the first joint and added silver rings.
It's amazing that it is the same flute, it really changes the look...
Jon

psychih · Post by **psychih** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:56 pm

it looks great!

i'm waiting for my 6 key rudall to arrive. *stalks the postie*

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:45 pm

Tastefully done, Jon. Excellent sense of proportion! Graceful and sleek.

Foxacious, in fact.

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:00 pm

Thanks Peggy.
Here is a Cookstown Ironwood R&R that I also just finished for Eilam also.

Jon

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:33 pm

How nice! It's beautiful!

And, oooooh! What looooovely rings! I had no idea they were so detailed!

I'm afraid to ask . . . do you make them for . . . fingers . . . ?????

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:15 am

Peggy wrote:How nice! It's beautiful!

And, oooooh! What looooovely rings! I had no idea they were so detailed!

I'm afraid to ask . . . do you make them for . . . fingers . . . ?????

Thanks, I haven't made any rings for fingers, but I do where them around a while, before sticking them on the flutes...

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:33 am

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:18 am

WOW. Very nice work indeed Jon. Do you have a pricelist? I want to add you to the list of potentiall flute makers to order a flute from. I love the looks of your work. Also, what modells do you make and what woods do you have in stock, wait list? Please PM or e-mail me.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:48 am

You do lovely work!

You know, somehow that "before" pic of the M&E looks awfully familiar!

Curiosity: do you feel that the flute plays or handles differently due to the work you did?

--James

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:57 am

I do not believe that looks should have any thing to do with a flute. The sound is more important. That being said, weakness in me says that I would rather have a pretty flute that plays the same as a less pretty one.

PS. Just wondering, are the rings lost wax?

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:39 pm

peeplj wrote:You do lovely work!

You know, somehow that "before" pic of the M&E looks awfully familiar!

Curiosity: do you feel that the flute plays or handles differently due to the work you did?

--James

Hi James,
The flute has more of a flute feel, less of holding a piece of pipe...
Not to knock the M&E, the flute has a very nice sound, that is why Eilam wanted to fix it up, because he liked it so much. I turned a little off the first section, didn't alter the tuning at all.

I.D.10-t wrote:I do not believe that looks should have any thing to do with a flute. The sound is more important. That being said, weakness in me says that I would rather have a pretty flute that plays the same as a less pretty one.

PS. Just wondering, are the rings lost wax?

Your right in a Zen sort of way. But following this thinking, it shouldn't matter if your scrambled eggs are green...

It is all part of the movie.
The rings are made from pattern wire. I would like to get into lost wax at some point.
Jon

Victor Dols · Post by **Victor Dols** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:57 pm

Jon C. Check your PM's. Thanks.

Nelson · Post by **Nelson** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:51 pm

I clicked the little box with a red X and up comes a page about hosting with a frog picture on it. I did na see a flute picture. Tell me what to do.

Jon, I sent the antlers and some ivory vegetable nuts the other day. As soon as it gets warm and the blossems come out, I'll find a dogwood and send a few billits. They will be green, though. I have been told that a bland after drilling can be microwaved as a minni-kiln dryer. Until recently I had a dogwood mallet that had been used in the lumber woods since 1902. I have steel wedges and mallets that tour up much easier. I'll bet it is good stuff for a flute. I remember a year ago, someone had Owell make him a dogwood flute.

Anyhow, tell me how to get your picture.
Nelson

Nelson · Post by **Nelson** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:57 pm

Never mind, I got the picture.

Nelson

michael_coleman · Post by **michael_coleman** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:10 pm

Jon C. wrote:Hi,
I just finished Eilam's M&E Xtreme makeover, thought I would share it with you. Gave it a little more contour in the first joint and added silver rings.
It's amazing that it is the same flute, it really changes the look...
Jon

Wow Jon, it looks an awfully lot like your delrin flutes, although the rings aren't brass. Now you can do my M&E

Hows that Manzanita drying out?

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