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[celticmodes]

Reviol African Blackwood/Black Chrome/Gold:

Still shiny from oiling:

Back in it's Paua Shell:

[Gabriel]

Eye candy! Does it plays as nicely as it looks?

Lots of new flutes here these days. I hope that I'll be able to show off here as well in march 2010

[celticmodes]

I don't know. These were taken by Maurice at my request. It's in the post now or will be soon.

[AbraXas]

That's one of the prettiest flutes I have seen so far!

[celticmodes]

That's one of the prettiest flutes I have seen so far!

Thanks. I think it's very cool but I have to say the Tom Aebi from the previous page is gorgeous. I usually don't like the block mounted look but on that flute it's wonderful.

[rama]

fierce looking flute, nice workmanship

[Berti66]

oh beautiful! I like those details..........indeed it's strange looking at black keys but as long as it works, it works
must not be too hard to get used to it, is it?
enjoy your new baby

berti

[Gabriel]

Here's a bunch o' flutes:



Top to bottom:

Hamilton 6-key
Aebi Cocus Rudall 8-key
T. Prowse Nicholson 8-key with Bb-key missing (has been re-attached now)
Rudall & Rose #1xxx (can't remember)
Aebi Pratten 8-key

[Liney Bear]

Here's a bunch o' flutes:



Top to bottom:

Hamilton 6-key
Aebi Cocus Rudall 8-key
T. Prowse Nicholson 8-key with Bb-key missing (has been re-attached now)
Rudall & Rose #1xxx (can't remember)
Aebi Pratten 8-key

Nice, man. Lucky you. Any of them looking for a new home? I got my eye on that Hammy there.

[Gabriel]

The bottom one's mine, the rest isn't

My Pratten might be for sale next spring.

[Berti66]

ahhhh what a nice bouquet of flutes....... *sniff*
berti

[jemtheflute]

Here are some pics of my newly acquired (eBay) Rudall Carte & Co. 8-key F Band Flute, #4724. It does play as is, but has some minor leaks, so not to its full potential - well enough to know it is very nice and will be a stonker when sorted. Plays at 440 with average slide extension.

I'm rushing now so will add captions later.......

[Kevin L. Rietmann]

Time to chime in with my collection, largely American/French/German; none of these toneholes you could drop a nickel in.

To paraphrase acid rockers Hawkwind, these are piccolos - do not panic:



Left to Right:

BOOSEY AND CO/MAKERS/LONDON/22854/LP "Guaranteed British Made" Plus its case at the bottom. "Lyre"?
IMPROVED/LONDON/D
D NOBLET/G LEBLANC SOOR/LA COUTURE
V. KOHLERT SONS/MAKERS/GRASLITZ/D./AUSTRIA====LP/D/1617
HF MEYER/HANNOVER/C on head and body, mit crown stamp, nach yah
NACH MEYER
D/GEO. CLOOS/2041
GEO. CLOOS/D/3245
(Huller, judging by markings) MADE IN GERMANY/Eb/LP
And 3 unstamped jobs, the first two pretty crappy players; the ivory head one is stamped "E/LP," and the head seems to work OK, but the body's tenon is missing a large section of wood.

The barrel on the Boosey is a modern plastic replacement. The skudge on the Koehlert's headjoint is crosshatchings a previous owner carved into the ivory, to prevent slippage. The little ferrule next to the Boosey's case fits onto the end of the Improved, bringing the bottom D down into tune.

Here's another angle, showing some of the keywork on the stamped piccs:



Note the plates the key posts sit in on the Meyer, another indicator it's the real deal. Hard to play without colliding with its keys, though. The stamped ones are all nice players, don't quite have the Huller or Noblet working as of yet though. The metal-over-wood headjoint on that Cloos leaks as well, no matter how many times I bathe it in beeswax. Repairs here and there by pipemaker Brad Angus, who I've been badgering to make a keyed flute for years. Fifes and flutes tomorrow.

[david quinn]

A recent photo of some of my collection some more to be added when the come back from being serviced/repaired

From bottom to top Boosey Hawkes Crown a z B flat bass flute Ebonite fully keyed cylindrical bore
Rudall Carte Cocus wood fully keyed B flat bass flute with metal head cylindrical bore
Rudall Carte Cocus wood fully keyed B flat bass flute with metal head cylindrical bore
Belleisle Concert flute
Rudall Carte Cocus wood 6 key flute in F
Hawkes & Sons fully keyed crown a z flute in f African Blackwood
Rudall Carte g Treble flute
Rudall Carte g Treble flute
Rudall Carte 6 keyed flute in b flat Ebonite
Hawkes & Sons Crown a z 6 key flute b flat in Ebonite
Hawkes & sons excelsior sonorous piccolo in e flat ebonite 6 key
Hawkes & sons excelsior sonorous piccolo in e flat ebonite 6 key
Anonymous 6 key African Blackwood piccolo 6 key e flat

[Gabriel]

My new F flute...



Rosewood and brass. Plays nicely, still have to do some tweaking.