Hey guys. My Copley is scheduled to get here sometime around Christmas. I am looking for a semi decent plastic d flute (no waiting list) just to play until then. Is the Doug Tipple flute worth its 35 dollars? How about the plastic moore flute? Thanks, William
Get the dixon one piece pvc. It is a great flute for the price of 30 bucks or so.
William,
I didn’t see an email address so check your private messages on the forum
jim
You might also consider a Hamilton practice flute. The price is 50 euros for an aluminum tube flute with a plastic mouthpiece. You can order direct from Hammy or go to Shanna Quay music if you prefer to deal with a music store. Both have done well by me.
You might also consider an Olwell cane flute. It is a tremendous value.
Don’t get a Moore flute, it’s horrible.
I second the advice to get an Olwell bamboo flute: It’s a really nice flute, which you will still be using even when you get the Copley…
Does anyone know where I can find one of the Olwell cane flutes without a waiting list? Do any music stores currently have them in stock? Thanks
I’m surprised, as often as this has been mentioned, that people still don’t know this: You can buy the Olwell Cane Flutes directly from Patrick. Just give him a call at 434-277-9215
Loren
I think Pat’s got a moratorium on bamboo instruments for a couple of months to get work done on timber flutes. I could be wrong, though.
Pat’s bamboo instruments are the bomb. Erik the Flutemaker’s are nice, too. I’ve heard Chris Dawson (Rhiannon Flutes, en France, n’est-ce pas?) makes a mean bamboo flute but I’ve never seen one. I’ve got a bamboo flute on order from Steve Cox at Tallgrass Winds, I can post a review if folks are interested.
Stuart
William,
Patrick may be holding his bamboo flutes, or slow this month in delivering them because they are selling at his booth at the Maryland Ren Fest. If you have trouble reaching him. Email me and I’ll give you a hand. I live 6 miles from the MD RenFest and would love an excuse to go back. Hazzar.
I bought one of Doug Tipples flutes last spring as a way of getting into keyless flutes without breaking the bank – I played flute in band as a kid, and then recorder more seriously as an adult. I must say I have been impressed by it, and so have my other musical friends. It has a respectable tone and excellent intonation. The right hand holes are a bit of a stretch for my fingers, but not impossible. I just bought one of Ralph Sweet’s new re-designed rosewood flutes, but the shop also had flutes in his old design and they were comparable in sound and intonation to my Tipple…which was 1/10th the price. So for an interim or hiking flute, I’d say the Tipple is a great deal, especially since it will only set you back about the cost of two CD’s.
Give Patrick a call. I know that there are some things changing about the cane (bamboo) flutes. This is what I know: The ONLY place to get a non-select bamboo flute from Patrick now is the MD Renaisance Festival in Crownsville, MD (near Annapolis). You CAN get a “Select” bamboo flute via mailorder from him. Just can’t get the non-select ones. He has some non-select D bamboo flutes for $40 at the festival (Had one left there on Saturday, I’ll be there Sunday) The Select bamboo flutes are $85 (I think)
Karl
Select? Non-select?
Karl, KSum, check your private messages.
~Jessie
[ This Message was edited by: JessieK on 2002-09-23 19:05 ]
Rats! I missed the unedited version of Jessie’s post. 
Loren
On 2002-09-23 18:04, Doirlinn wrote:
Select? Non-select?
Ptrick makes two “levels” of bamboo flute. Select and regular, or non-select. There is more time taken to the finish of the Select flutes, giving them a nice shine and a rich brown color. Either can produce a good tone. He use to only make selects in D, but has both at the moment. Now that I have cracked my second one (don’t leave them in a hot vehicle in the sun in the summer) I bought a non-select.