Hi everyone,
FS
8 key, low Bb alto, African Blackwood and Silver. George Ormiston.
For those interested, please PM with questions. Sound clips available.
thanks all…
over and out 
I would say that…but I can honestly say that Calum loaned me this flute a few weeks ago for a few weeks and I’m impressed by it’s intonation, easy of playing and (as I like to use them) the effective response of the foot joint - easily going down to the lowest note.
Hi everyone, thanks for those who’ve expressed interest.
This flute is still available, and I’m asking £1500.
Buyer pays postage. Ready to ship.
thanks,
Calum
Still available as of 24.05.09, after a few interested parties but no sale yet.
I have an MP3 medley of tunes, ready to email, and working on some better pictures too 
drop me an email, or PM if you are interested.
best wishes all,
Calum
Jumping Jehosaphat, that’s a reasonable price for such an implement. Looks tidy and ready for action. Best of luck,
Rob
I was in Georges workshop last week i must say he’s a really nice guy and his flutes and whistles are the best i have ever played and i’ve tried all the big makes. He works with Silver only and his Blackwood is minted.
The power and tone from his instruments is unreal. When i pulled the slide apart it was a work of art. His Wooden whistles are brill as well. He made a G alto flute which got played on the filme Apocalipto(spelling)
If i was going buy a flute this wood be the one!
David
am interested in how a B flat flute reads and sounds in concert c?
I’m not entirely clear what you are asking here! In classical composer/museum speak, this would be an “Ab” flute. The 6-finger note (D fingering) and home diatonic scale are Bb. The lowest note with the foot keys closed would sound a real-pitch Ab below middle C, but would of course be written transposed as a middle C. To play in C major real-pitch on this flute would be like playing in E major (4 sharps) on a normal concert (“D”) flute - relatively awkward! To play in real-pitch D major you would need to finger the equivalent of F# major (6 sharps) - really quite awkward!
In classical transposition terms, this instrument sounds two tones or a major third flat of a standard concert flute (which is “in D” to us traddies and flute historians, “in C” to modern musicologists), so requires transposed notation written a major third sharp (write D, play 6-finger note, sounds Bb) of intended real-pitch sound.
Does that answer?
How about a 4-key Ormiston D in trade?
OK, worth a try.
George makes lovely flutes; super-solid! I bet this one’s no exception. And that’s, what, low Ab it goes down to?
Whee! Foghorn! Cosmic belly rumbles! Cool!
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