chas wrote:greenspiderweb wrote:
I also once had a Burns Standard in Blackwood, and it just seemed to epitomize what a wooden flute should sound like-full, rich, and sensual.
Barry, out of curiosity, why did you get rid of a flute that you still regard so highly?
I've parted with flutes that I loved because of hand issues -- a set of Casey's low flutes and a Hammy (in cocobolo, one of the prettiest flutes I've ever seen).
Good question, Charlie! I wondered this myself as I typed it last night too. So I went back and found my sale post on it, which explains why:
[SOLD]...:Casey Burns Blackwood Standard, no tuning slide or rings-all wood, inline holes (edit: bottom hole is slightly offset). I wasn't going to sell this one, becuase it's a really nice flute-but I accidentally (actually due more to an act of kindness) ran into a Burns Boxwood Pratten-just as nice, but a little different in voice...
So, mostly for financial reasons, as it has been most times with me. You see, I was kind of Burns tasting at the time, and wanted to spend more time with my new love...and though I really did like the Standard's Blackwood voice, the Boxwood Pratten voice was similar, but still different, and no doubt enticing enough for me to keep it and find out more about it. I knew even then that you just don't find out right away about a flute until you've played it for a good while. So, for lack of funds, I had to sell something again, because the Burns Boxwood had just become available to me out of the blue (thank you Rob, and Avery), like they often do, when you aren't really shopping for a new flute! Turns out, I didn't do so bad, since I still have the Burns Pratten.
It was my first introduction to the lovely Burns Boxwood family, of now which I have three, as it seems I've discovered quite by surprise, to be my favorite Burns voice, and most cherished flutes I have. Wouldn't mind having the Standard back too, but that went to Alaska, and at the last report, it was very happy in the wilds with it's new owner! Besides, there are flutes I now have that I need to sort out my preferences and sell too! There won't be any of Casey's for sale though!
Flute on!
Barry