FS: 6-key boxwood renovated by Olwell

Irish Flute
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Hi all,

I’m helping a friend of mine, Christie Hubbard, sell this flute. She’s an excellent Irish flute player (she actually has a BA in Music from UC Berkeley with an emphasis in Irish flute–yes, she went to sessions for college credit) who plays an Olwell 6-key. The flute she is selling was first renovated by Olwell and then overhauled recently by Daniel Deitch. His description follows:

“This is an anonymous six keyed instrument of boxwood with ivory rings and cap and is very much in the style of those by Koch of Vienna from the 1820s. The keys are of brass and I just recently re-padded it. The head joint has been cracked and has been pinned previously. It is sealing now. It has the turnings and long key mounts/guides that are seen on Koch instruments. But most importantly, it is a terrific player. The bottom range is full and as loud as you like it, while the third octave is quite easy. I was able to get up to a d4! The scale is good too.”

Here’s a link to pictures, description and video of Christie playing the flute: http://christiehubbard.wordpress.com/1820s-flute-for-sale/

She’s asking $975 + shipping.

If interested, contact Christie through her email address on the webpage above. I can personally vouch that Christie is a person of the highest character and can be completely trusted.

Thanks for your interest.

Jason Pollack

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Lovely!

Is there a name for that sliding of the hand thing she does at 1:03?

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Not sure. I’ve seen Kevin Crawford do it as well. I’ll ask her. She’ll probably say, “it’s the sliding hand thing”.

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It’s a multitap or polypat. :stuck_out_tongue:

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pretty much the same thing most kids do when they first get a penny whistle. Blow and run their fingers/hand up and down the holes to make that noodly sound.
in this case, seems as if she plays A and runs the fingers up (i’d do it the other way for better effect) to get that gurgle.

Crawford actually drums his RH fingers on the long-C key to get that effect at the end of a tune. I’ll do it with with RH index and middle finger, typically on the note A, although G works too.

Healy does a finger drum on the actual LH ring finger, so note A and drums the finger, kinda sideways to get the multi tap sound.

for what it’s worth.

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larry nugent does that all the time, as well. i’m not aware of a name for it!