It is time to consolidate.
I am offering three Ralph Sweet flutes for sale. They are in very good condition, about ten years old, and all play very nicely. They have been oiled and looked after.
The apple flute is in the key of C. The cherry flute is in the key of A. The maple flute is in the key of F.
I’ve had these for a while and seldom play them. I’m not sure that Ralph Sweet still offers them in the same wood and with the same tuning.
They would be ideal for somebody with small hands or for somebody who wished to play in keys not perfectly suited to the D flute. Their sound is strong and clear and the tuning is very good.
I am asking $400 for the three flutes, which includes registered shipping. I think this is a fair price. I am open to offers.
These really are neat flutes, all wood, with a lovely sound.
You can play them loud and soft and, because you
are the ‘whistle,’ you can shape the notes. These flutes
can be a good deal more satisfying to play
and interesting to listen to than a whistle.
At these pitches well made all-wood flutes sound
very good indeed. I especially like the sound of
these in cherry and apple.
I have a maple F Sweetheart which I like very much and play often. I also have a Rosewood A, but it and I have never really bonded. I don’t have a C, but I do have an old Rosewood high D which was my first flute/fife and a walnut Renaissance fife, both of which I like.
This bunch would be a great start on the wonderful madness of getting more instruments than one can reasonably play. All those “just in case” instruments.
Cocus’s comment above that these flutes improve
embouchure is certainly true, in my experience.
Like overtone exercises (at least the C and the A)
except you’re playing tunes.
