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phcook · Post by **phcook** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:58 pm

It's very nice! It seems to me that Tom Aebi is getting one of the very best makers in the near future! His keyed flutes are wonderful

Kevin L. Rietmann · Post by **Kevin L. Rietmann** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:00 pm

I'm glad to see you all getting a laugh out of my poor old Wood and Ivy flute!
This is how it looks now. I need to someday go out and buy some acid to have the new boxwood pieces stained, of course. I don't drive, and I'd feel a bit weird about getting on the bus with a bottle of nitric acid...
I bought that flute on Ebay for $137! The original seller and source of the first pic was Musical Treasures.com, who wanted $500 for it...I don't know why my seller parted with it for so cheap, other than people just being appalled by the very sight of it for some reason...last night a friend was over and tried all of my (old) flutes. For some reason he didn't bother with this one! The bent wood makes it hard to hold after a while, too, I need to try taping some little blocks of wood on it to see if I can make it more comfortable to play.
The new piece at the bottom of the headjoint corrects the tuning, before the tuning was really horrible! I'd read about funky tuning on English flutes but this was just unlistenable. Also, the fellow who restored mine has an old E. Riley 4-key boxwood flute with a barell piece at the bottom of the headjoint, so I figured a previous owner must have thrown the original on mine off to get an Eb band flute or something.
With the new piece the tuning is fine and the flute plays really sweet and easy. Like the E. Riley it's in C# or thereabouts. Didn't E. Riley also publish some books, Terry? Flute Melodies was one I think.

Kelpie · Post by **Kelpie** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:37 pm

yeah let us hear some sounds hans- if they're half as good as the stuff on your website I can't wait to hear

Kelpie · Post by **Kelpie** » Fri May 20, 2005 2:56 pm

Can anyone tell me how to get my flute picture onto the forum - any help gladly accepted- thanks

chas · Post by **chas** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:08 pm

I've finally gotten around to taking and uploading a pic including the recent acquisitions. Bottom to top:

Hammy in cocobolo
Schultz/Thin Weasel in cocobolo
Olwell Rudall-style in boxwood
Olwell Nicholson-style in rosewood (Brazilian, I think)
M&E R&R in Delrin
Bleazey Rudall-style in boxwood
Grinter 8-key in blackwood (my wife's)
nameless 4-key in boxwood, probably c. 1900
Mollenhauer 6-key in boxwood, probably c. 1900

Dana · Post by **Dana** » Fri May 20, 2005 6:11 pm

Holy cow! Too bad there isn't a smilie that's green with envy.

Dana

eilam · Post by **eilam** » Fri May 20, 2005 6:55 pm

Jesus Christ chas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:28 pm

That damp spot is my drool.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:02 am

chas wrote:Hammy in cocobolo
Schultz/Thin Weasel in cocobolo
Olwell Rudall-style in boxwood
Olwell Nicholson-style in rosewood (Brazilian, I think)
M&E R&R in Delrin
Bleazey Rudall-style in boxwood
Grinter 8-key in blackwood (my wife's)
nameless 4-key in boxwood, probably c. 1900
Mollenhauer 6-key in boxwood, probably c. 1900

I assume that those are from bottom to top.

Chas, I am sorry it seems that you have not found the right flute for you yet.
Feel assured that if you ever find that right one that I will be willing to relieve
you of some of your past burdens. I would not even impose a fee for finding
a good home for them.

Dana · Post by **Dana** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:50 am

Whatd'ya need 2 Olwells for?

Now that you have the Rudall, it must be time to sell your Nicholson.

Kelpie · Post by **Kelpie** » Sat May 21, 2005 8:41 am

Here's my D. Allen eight key- not trad looking but a real beast of a session cannon. Keys are hand forged By Dominic and if you want he'll gold plate them (I went for it and love the way it looks)

Blackwood · Post by **Blackwood** » Sat May 21, 2005 11:28 am

chas, nice collection, how old is your wife's Grinter?
the long nat looks a bit far seperated from the body, this may be an illusion of the pic, but what curious about that.

Thx,
Sven

Hoovorff · Post by **Hoovorff** » Sat May 21, 2005 12:25 pm

Chas,

How does the hole-spacing of your Olwell Rudall compare to the Olwell Nicholson? (I know the Nicholson has somewhat larger holes. Just wondering about the spacing between holes 5 and 6 in particular.) How would you compare the sound/playability of those two Olwells? Thanks for the info.

Beautiful flutes!

Jeanie

chas · Post by **chas** » Sat May 21, 2005 4:52 pm

Sven, the long-F does seem a little high off the body on the Grinter. It's the only modern keyed flute I've been around, so I have no idea whether it's normal or not.

Jeanie, the hole sizes are almost the same on the Nicholson- and Rudall-style Olwells. I was a little surprised by this. To see whether it's an optical illusion (light vs dark wood), I just took a couple of (very rough) measurements.

Nicholson: top of LH1 to bottom of LH3: 3"; top of RH1 to bottom of RH3: 2-7/8; diameter LH2: 5/16; RH2: 3/8.

Rudall: top LH1 to bottom LH3: 3-1/16; top RH1 to bottom RH3: 2-15/16; diam LH2: 9/32; diam RH2: 3/8.

I'll point out that on the E holes, the Nich is a generous 3/8, while the Rudall is a scant 3/8. Sorry for the lack of metric measurements; this was a little hurried. One of these days I'll remember to bring some calipers home and take some real measurements of all my keyless flutes.

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:37 pm

Chas,

I think it's time you took a vacation to beeyootiful Southern Idaho. You can stay at my house if you bring your flutes.

Doc