I watched that video, here and there…all I care about is the flute collection, a 10 second snipit in a 6 minute vid. I could watch a whole hour of just him playing and talking about each of those flutes. But I guess I’m not alone in that around here.
Was it Michael that purchased Davies’ collection? I’ve always wondered what happened to Davies’s flutes after his demise. How many Rudalls are there in the Davies collection?
David do you know the serial numbers of Michael’s Rudalls?
Small enough collection considering he has given away a lot more flutes than that.
He recently gave a Leo Rowsome full set of pipes to Na Piobairi Uilleann in Dublin.
It sounds like if his Rudalls are not in your catalouge there is quite a gap in it? I have heard that he had agents who buy up Rudall’s for him in London auctions.Maybe he also has buyers world wide. I wonder if he was the buyer of Rudall 5573, at Bonhams, that was discussed here recently selling for more than many expected.
I would have thought that some of the members here might know Michael personally. Maybe he might even be a member here!
Please excuse the diversion off the main topic. This is Flatey’s feats not Flatleys flutes but he does have mighty feats.
I was just doing a youtube search for Liz Carroll’s Diplocous jig and at the side was a link on a TV3 item on Michael Flatley. A second link then stumbled me on some pure Irish gold!
The section is called freedom it is the first I had seen of his Celic tiger show. First I had seen of quite a lot; including Irish dancing in Stilletos.Wow how do they do that! Bare with the the slow start, it’s part of the story!
Yup, you started it!
