FS (emergency!): 4 keyed Lehart flute (new: video clip)

Yes, I’m selling my Lehart flute. But only for 3 days :smiley:
If I don’t receive real offers within this 3 days and payment within maybe 6 days, the flute will not be for sale after that.

It’s a really good flute, a blackwood Rudall-ish model with large-ish holes (but less that a Pratten). It’s capable of a very good volume and it’s easy to blow. Gilles Lehart is a very well respected maker and very famous flute players play or appeciate his flutes. His newer models play better that his older ones, and my one was made less that a year and a half ago (I got it directly from the maker).
I can’t detect any scratches, it’s in perfect conditions. The tone is very warm and not too edgy, Michael McGoldrick plays in his album Morning Rory, I think, there you can get an idea of the tone.

The keys are: Eb, short F, G# and Bb. They are custom, so that they can be played with both normal grip and piper’s grip (G# goes a bit more out, Eb is turned and bent, like on some 8 keyed flutes). The Bb key is activated with the right thumb, it’s not ideally long but you can get used to it. I use it with no problems on a couple of tunes (there aren’t really many in irish music where you need it). It comes with a very good and strong pistol case.

I’d like 930 euro + shipping (new this are I think 1030 euros without case) for a like new keyed flute + case, a very good price I believe. I didn’t put pictures and clips because there’s not much time before this flute will not be for sale anymore, but maybe I could if you really really need them. Oh, the flute is in Rome.

Please contact me for questions if you’re seriously interested (and within 3 days :wink: )
Thanks,
Lorenzo

PS: oh, I guess paypal is the fastest and easiest way for the payment…

bump - given the situation, it’s better it the thread stays on top for another couple of days :smiley:

only here would you continually be passed by soggy bottom

The flute is a very nice one, and Lorenzo has a couple of videos that he could maybe use for showing the flute…

Lorenzo has a couple of videos that he could maybe use for showing the flute…

Really? Where? I could make one though…

Here’s a video I recorded quickly, sorry for the bad quality (recorded with a webcam and converted, stupid youtube), and sorry for the not perfect tone and playing, I didn’t practice for two days, the flute is capable of much more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9sUoaUNp8

EDIT: a closer look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta3ldiCvacc

You won’t find a better keyed flute for this price, don’t loose this opportunity! It’s for sale for about another 5 hours…

One more hour…

Not for sale anymore :sniffle: :sniffle: :sniffle: