Copley & Boegli D all-wood flute

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:11 pm

Hi. Is anyone currently placying a recent Copley & Boegli D flute (all wood, without slide) ???

There's a photo here:
http://www.irishflutestore.com/Copley.html

If you have any comments/reviews/etc. I'd love to hear them. Feel free to PM or email (bretton@yahoo.com) me off the board if you prefer.

Thanks.

-Brett

Sillydill · Post by **Sillydill** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:27 pm

Hey Bretton!!!

THAT WOULD BE TWO THUMBS-UP!!!

BillG · Post by **BillG** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:39 pm

I asked him to make a keyless slide for me. Check out my comments and others at

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... ght=copley

BillG

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:47 am

Yes, I, too, wonder about the 6-hole one. It looks great!

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:04 am

Not that it matters and it isn't all wood, really. Silver rings.

Dave Parkhurst · Post by **Dave Parkhurst** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:53 pm

Copley makes a fine, fine flute...period. I feel that his flutes probably have the greatest control in terms of half-holing and glissandos of any flute made. Hey, unless you're gonna play with someone who can't stay in tune, ya don't need a tuning slide anyway. Better get that sucker... I've been eyeing it also.... it's a cutie.

Dave

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:15 pm

Dave Parkhurst wrote:I feel that his flutes probably have the greatest control in terms of half-holing and glissandos of any flute made.

Dave Copley is a friend of mine and he makes fine flutes, but really, Dave (Parkhurst), have you played every flute made?

stiofan · Post by **stiofan** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:53 pm

I've been considering moving on from the Casey Burns folk flute I had been playing to a flute in this price range. It looks like a fine flute to me. Anyone know more about this particular kind of Copley (6 hole, no slide, etc)?

stiofan

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:57 pm

I know Sillydill used to own one and you can see his comment above.

I own a Slide Eb and it is a fantastic Flute. I have many times been tempted to ask Dave to make a D body for it, but my Burns Pratten is enough in terms of D Flute.

Dave Parkhurst · Post by **Dave Parkhurst** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:09 pm

JessieK wrote:
Dave Parkhurst wrote:I feel that his flutes probably have the greatest control in terms of half-holing and glissandos of any flute made.
Dave Copley is a friend of mine and he makes fine flutes, but really, Dave (Parkhurst), have you played every flute made?

Yep.... late at night, when you're alseep, my flute gnomes sneak into people's houses and whisk flutes to me for playing...returning them early in the morning. So if you grab a flute for a morning session and it seems a little, er, moist...no problem, it's just me.

Dave

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:04 am

I'm still fantastizing about his C and Eb flutes I played a bit last fall; I think he's really doing some nice things lately. The little F flute he made for John Skelton is a rocket.

stiofan · Post by **stiofan** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:53 pm

Hi. Is anyone currently placying a recent Copley & Boegli D flute (all wood, without slide) ???

There's a photo here:
http://www.irishflutestore.com/Copley.html

If you have any comments/reviews/etc. I'd love to hear them. Feel free to PM or email (bretton@yahoo.com) me off the board if you prefer.

Thanks.

-Brett

I just ordered one of the Copley & Boegli flutes---anxious for its arrival sometime next week! Looks beautiful from the photos I've seen, and appreciate hearing about it from some of you, especially from Jessie (via pm). thanks Brett, for bringing it up!

stephen

BillG · Post by **BillG** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:46 pm

The Copley keyless and slideless that I had ordered from Dave C. is my constant companion. I origionally purchased his slide flute and recently requested he make me a slideless head. It is a magnificant instrument. Almost all of my playing is solo stuff so am not too concerned with tuning to or with others. I prefer the "all wood" feel and tone. The brightness of a slide, silver or oterwise, is not my preferred sound. Copley makes an outstanding flute capable of numerous voices - someday I hope to be able to play all of them and to make it sing my song.

BillG

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:20 pm

stiofan wrote: I just ordered one of the Copley & Boegli flutes---anxious for its arrival sometime next week! Looks beautiful from the photos I've seen, and appreciate hearing about it from some of you, especially from Jessie (via pm). thanks Brett, for bringing it up!
stephen

After much thought, I too have ordered a Copley all wood (except rings) flute. I'll let you know what I think when it gets here next week.

-Brett

stiofan · Post by **stiofan** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:44 am

I'm really liking the Copley-Boegli flute so far. It's definitely a flute that I'm sure I can progress on/with. Since I'm relatively new to the instrument (about a year and 1/2+ playing time), and the only other flute I've owned was a Burns folk flute, I can only say that I'm finding the Copley to be all I expect from a wooden flute of its type--rich tone, ample responsivity and embodies all the character of an Irish flute I'm looking for. According to Dave Copley, the design combines Pratten and Rudall/Rose features, but that 's not something I can really evaluate myself. I'll be seeing my instructor in the next week or so, and I'm curious about his opinion as well. In the meantime, I'm getting acquainted with the flute day by day and enjoying every minute of it!

cheers
Stephen