There’s a slide show tour link at the bottom right.
If Liberace had been a flautist…
I thought of you when I first saw John’s “I’m back” post!
Either of his books any good?
That is an awesome flute. I can’t imagine the price of it.
just as well, innit!
Too bad the turtle’s a double amputee.
Loopy! A bit cutesy, innit? Rather trivialises dryads! Pixies indeed! Ha! Wanna bet his sound samples will be L’Apres Midi d’un Faune and Syrinx?
I reckon Solen Lesoeuf’s dragonesque keys on her wooden flutes, while simpler, are more artistically/atmospherically effective!
Loopy? I’d say Lunn’s a bit looney. To each their own. Yuck.
Quite, though the craftsmanship is impressive (-ly in poor taste!).
On grounds suggested above, seems rather unlikely!
Bit rococo for my taste but he is certainly creative and I applaud his artistic output. Something about the simple in simple system flutes appeals to me.
That’s some fun work.
Does anyone here have one of her flutes?
Wow…
…wow!
He writes children’s books that seem to have fair acclaim. I can only assume by looking at his flute that he designed them with children in mind… very wealthy children. 
I guess I’m really not that young anymore - lol.
However, that Solen Lesoeuf flute looks lovely 
and her prices seem pretty competitive. Do you have one of those Jem? If so, waddayathink?
I am reminded of why I am not a regular here anymore.
LOL Pearls before…
Nice to hear from you Jessie..
Jack
I like the turtle. A lot.
No. G1, I haven’t got one of Solen’s flutes - no modern ones in my current armoury, bar an Aulos traverso, nor so far as I can think of in my current stock of fixer-uppers…
Jessie, I have my cutesy moments - was partly brought up on Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies and Alison Uttley’s Little Grey Rabbit (rather better though less famous than Beatrix Potter)… before graduating to ancient mythology and Tolkein etc. I enjoy good fantasy… and also like pre-Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts etc. decorative art and more recent fantasy artists - anything from Arthur Rackham to Jan Pienkowski, within reason… not to mention stylised Celtic and Scandinavian inhabited knotwork etc. etc… But for me, where Solen’s designs have originality and are subtly suggestive and restrained, the Lunn thing is just too lushly derivative, and a bit of an ill-matched mixed bag of ideas, styles and references to boot… I do think that something of the sort could be well done, though I’m not really sure that it is an improvement over the clean lines of the basic mechanism. Intensive ornamentation can be well done, viz that stunning carven ivory R&R flute with the acanthus leaf moulded keys that David M has pictures of.
OK, that’s me done as art critic… for now!
Oink! 
I’m afraid I’d get it caught on my lip.
It sure has lots of “stuff” on it.
Probably good for when old Theobald Boehm would flit about in fancy dress and go answering to “Thea”.
Not that there is anything wrong with that mind you.
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Apparently Tolkein himself could have had a source of inspiration for his works, [u]The Kalevala Tales[/u], a series of poems having a history dating to very ancient times, like, nobody really knows just how old they could be.
Enjoy!
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Well i love it, Jessie… Don’t listen to those “old stuffed shirts”.
I am getting a lot of ideas for Aanvil’s flute!
A Jeweler I know (Tami Dean) has been decorating trumpets for David Monette, they are quite beautiful, http://www.monette.net/newsite/instrument_models.htm . (scroll down to Prana Decorated) As a jeweler, I think it’s a great idea. I made the rings for my own flute that Casey made me in a celtic knot pattern. (I’m not sure how to up load pictures). Ornamation can really personalize the instrument. Chris Wilkes makes very nice end capes and rings. http://wilkesflutes.co.uk/Site/Extras.html Pete Noy also has great looking keys and end caps.http://www.noyflutes.com/ Jon C. often uses patterned wire rings on his flutes. I know these aren’t as fancy as the Lunn flute, but hey, a little fantasy is kinda fun. 