FS: Keyless Blackwood Hammy Hamilton

Irish Flute
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Hammy Hamilton keyless flute for sale: $850.

(I’m trying to raise money for a keyed flute and have fallen hopelessly and desperately in love with my keyless Olwell.)

This is a big, Pratten-style flute with a great sound and plenty of volume. Blackwood, unlined headjoint, tuning slide, one-piece body, separate foot. The wood moved some as I played the flute in, so I sent it off to Hammy. He touched up the embrochure and the flute plays beautifully. There is one pinned crack in the barrel. I had the repair done by a Straubinger certified repairman and it has been stable. No case; the little wooden one it came with fell apart.

PM me if you have any questions or interest. I would hate to put a flute this nice up on eBay.

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It’s a v. good flute. Big, strong, etc - what you would expect of a good Hamilton.

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Oh, and the seller is cool too.

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And cute too.

:smiley:

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Awww. Y’all are making me blush.

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The seller blushes nicely.

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If this is Elaine from the San Diego area, which I assume it is, she’s a good flute player and I’d buy a flute from her anyday.

Eric (from Kansas City)

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Now I want to see a picture. Preferably with both the seller and the flute :slight_smile:

Cheers, from someone who occationally enjoys a good sherried speyside
whisky :slight_smile:

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Here’s Elaine on YouTube. Great lady and solid player. Met her once when I visited her session in San Diego–very gracious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guzf-n94z_s&feature=related

The flute she’s playing is probably her Olwell but it’s hard to tell; it could be a Hammy.

Cheers,

Jason

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let’s have a big hand for Jason!

piccies and sound clips, indeed!

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I remember meeting you, Jason. That was a lovely session.

That’s me on Tradlessons and the flute is the Hammy. I didn’t post those clips because they don’t really do justice to the flute. I made them before I started taking lessons and I didn’t have that great of a flute embrochure. It’s taken me a long time to retrain my face from clarinet to flute.

If someone who is interested in purchasing the flute needs to hear a better sound clip, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

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Found a buyer. Thanks, all.