my first flute - Patrick Olwell bamboo G [w/pics]
- Cathy Wilde
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Speaking of delicious, you forgot to mention how wonderful an Olwell bamboo smells!!!!
(call me weird, but I love that about mine)
Ditto on seisflutes and everyone else about the embouchure. Especially the practice part.
Enjoy!!!!!!!
(call me weird, but I love that about mine)
Ditto on seisflutes and everyone else about the embouchure. Especially the practice part.
Enjoy!!!!!!!
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They are beautiful aren't they............
Just picked up an "E" while at East Durham (risking life, limb, and divorce of the flute-aquiring type !)
PS...I beleive the smell is from burning the holes....
PPS.....I use hazelnut oil on my flutes....flavored coffeee addict....
Just picked up an "E" while at East Durham (risking life, limb, and divorce of the flute-aquiring type !)
PS...I beleive the smell is from burning the holes....
PPS.....I use hazelnut oil on my flutes....flavored coffeee addict....
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I figured it was from some sort of burning- or flaming-type-deal, too.
Yummy, Jack! I see a whole new line of General Flutes International oil products, including .... what else? Irish Cream!
Speaking of scented oils, when repeated cleaning/oilings and flute-roll washings still didn't mitigate that fusty pub-&-road funk emanating from one particular flute, I put a stick of mild sandalwood incense into its case for about three days (I checked every day to make sure it wasn't starting to smell like one of those old head shops)(whoo-hoo! party flute, dude!) .... and ahhhh. Much better.
Now it's mostly neutral linseed oil (I love that smell, too) with a faint hint of beeswax and sandalwood, like the inside of an old jewelry box.
.... Doh, you're right. I am a goofball.
P.S. Congrats on the E, Jack! Just let your wife sniff it for a while, and she'll calm down. Olwell's Aromatherapy Products ... I can see it now. Kara?
Yummy, Jack! I see a whole new line of General Flutes International oil products, including .... what else? Irish Cream!
Speaking of scented oils, when repeated cleaning/oilings and flute-roll washings still didn't mitigate that fusty pub-&-road funk emanating from one particular flute, I put a stick of mild sandalwood incense into its case for about three days (I checked every day to make sure it wasn't starting to smell like one of those old head shops)(whoo-hoo! party flute, dude!) .... and ahhhh. Much better.
Now it's mostly neutral linseed oil (I love that smell, too) with a faint hint of beeswax and sandalwood, like the inside of an old jewelry box.
.... Doh, you're right. I am a goofball.
P.S. Congrats on the E, Jack! Just let your wife sniff it for a while, and she'll calm down. Olwell's Aromatherapy Products ... I can see it now. Kara?
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Ya know what? I think I might have one in D! It was given to me by a friend who couldn't reach the holes, and she told me she got it "somewhere in Virginia," but she didn't remember the maker's name. Looking at these pics, it looks very similar. The color and burning, and the ridges inside and all. And it smells good too. I think my nameless bamboo flute is being upgraded to a possible Olwell! It is nice, and it was actually the first flute I ever played(she loaned it to me for a week a few years before she gave it to me), so it has some good memories to it.
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Did she mention about how much it cost? I am wondering if it is not an Erik the Flutemaker flute. He sells a lot of them at shows and fairs back East and on the internet. If it was in the $35-40 range, that would be my guess.seisflutes wrote:Ya know what? I think I might have one in D! It was given to me by a friend who couldn't reach the holes, and she told me she got it "somewhere in Virginia," but she didn't remember the maker's name. Looking at these pics, it looks very similar. The color and burning, and the ridges inside and all. And it smells good too. I think my nameless bamboo flute is being upgraded to a possible Olwell! It is nice, and it was actually the first flute I ever played(she loaned it to me for a week a few years before she gave it to me), so it has some good memories to it.
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No, she didn't. So, do Erik the Flutemaker flutes look like this Olwell G? This would have been a while ago that she got it, not sure how long, but I think pretty long ago, if that means anything. And it has the letter "D" written in ink on the end, the place where the endcap would be if it had one. That's all I know.
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There's a bamboo flute maker in Floyd, VA that makes good stuff. Woodsong flutes. I have/have-had instruments from this shop that were really nice. I wish I knew where my high A flute was.seisflutes wrote:Ya know what? I think I might have one in D! It was given to me by a friend who couldn't reach the holes, and she told me she got it "somewhere in Virginia," but she didn't remember the maker's name. Looking at these pics, it looks very similar. The color and burning, and the ridges inside and all. And it smells good too. I think my nameless bamboo flute is being upgraded to a possible Olwell! It is nice, and it was actually the first flute I ever played(she loaned it to me for a week a few years before she gave it to me), so it has some good memories to it.
http://www.woodsonginstruments.com/
Anyone wanna trade something for a low C? It's very nice, just too big for my hands.
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Yep, that's them.seisflutes wrote:Hrmm, those look like it too, thought the pics aren't as close up so it's hard to tell. But see, Patrick Olwell is in VA too. So I don't know! What kind of bags do the woodsong ones come in? I forgot to mention that it came in this really ugly tapestry-ish bag.
Olwells have "olwell" engraved on them. I have a high Bb.
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