What's your current 'weapon' of choice?

[Bran Ruz]

Hamilton keyless blackwood D. (Sindt and Oz D whistles, Burke and Susato Bb ).

[ChrisLaughlin]

1) Olwell fully keyed "Pratten model" D flute in blackwood, with tuning slide and unlined headjoint.
2) Olwell unkeyed flute with Eb, D and C interchangable bodies, in blackwood, with tuning slide and lined headjoint.
3) Martin Doyle all-wood D flute, without tuning slide, in blackwood
4) Michael Grinter "Acanthus-Leaf Model" fully keyed D flute in blackwood (the works).

For the last year I've been playing the keyed Olwell almost exclusively, though the other flutes are also superb. I'm a lucky guy!

As for whistles, I travel with a set of Burke aluminum whistle in Eb, D, C, Bb, B and A. Eb is my favorite. I also travel with a low F Goldie/Overton, which is superb. When I am home in the USA and not travelling I enjoy playing my set of Sindt whistles, my favorites of which are the Eb and C.

Again, I am a very lucky guy.

[johnkerr]

Rudall and Rose #4009.
Or when I'm feeling mellow, a Patrick Olwell keyless C with unlined headjoint.

[chas]

Olwell keyless Nicholson all-rosewood, Olwell keyless Rudall w/partially lined head for Irish music
Noy 1-key small-holed flute for English music
Olwell Rottenburgh, Cameron Grenser, both A415, for early/baroque music

[Kmeister]

McGee 6-key Rudall 5088

[Achill]

Hammy Blackwood Keyless
Cochran Blackwood Rudall

[Cathy Wilde]

6.5-key Olwell Nicholson
6-key Murray
Forbes D keyless
Copley Eb keyless
Gallagher Bb keyless
Wenham concert D 1/2 set of u-pipes

Sindt A
Thornton Eb, C
Gen Bb
Tweaked Blackbird & Gen Ds, Thornton D, Burke DAN (just sort of depends but the Blackbird's the go-to D)
Burke low D

Mateki Boehm
Takezawa picc

Adler soprano & Yamaha tenor recorders

[Unseen122]

The Martin Doyle Rosewood D in the picture
Copley Eb Keyless in Blackwood (with slide)
Those are my Flutes for now...

As for whistles Water Weasel Eb, Overton (Goldie) Tunable Anodized Blue High D, Sindt C, Susato Bnat., Burke Brass Bb, Burke Aluminum Low F, Cheiftan Tunable Low D. I have a Sweetheart Dymondwood High D as well, but this gets little play.

[bradhurley]

Wenham concert D 1/2 set of u-pipes

A D-and-a-half set, let's see, does that make it D-sharp or E-flat, I wonder?

[johnkerr]

I'm more inrigued by this one:

6.5-key Olwell Nicholson

What's that, a 7-key with one leaky pad?

[Cathy Wilde]

Doesn't that depend on which way you're approaching the scale? Some days it is a "D and a 1/2" set, though over the last few days it's been more of a C and 3/4 set (probably more Db than Csharp), alas.

(but if "D" stands for operator "DUH" it's D to the nth degree!)

As for the flute, the .5 key really is a half a key right now -- it's Josh's old 7-key flute, but it's presently at Chez Olwell awaiting a new arm and touch for the C# key (hey, when I first got the flute it had two heads, too! ).

[groxburgh]

While I own a bunch of different flutes I only play one of them. Hill/Monzani 1832 8 key.
Cheers
Graeme

[Irish Marine]

Watson 8-key blackwood in D
Watson 6-key blackwood in Eb (soon)

[garyfitz123]

keyless Sam Murray Blackwood
Set of 8 Syn aluminum whistles (E down to A)
Cheiftan Low D

[Jayhawk]

M&E R&R 8 key in ebonite.