Buyers will pay actual shipping costs. I can take personal checks within the US. US and everywhere else: bank checks or money orders in US dollars, credit cards for an extra 4% or PayPal for an extra 3%.
I will update this post as necessary. I am posting flutes first, then whistles, then whatever doesn’t fit into those categories easily. Unless otherwise noted, instruments are in pristine condition.
Keyed Flutes:
~Peter Noy 9-key Boxwood D Flute with Amber Blowing Edge and Amber Endcap: This flute is spectacular. It’s the most beautiful simple system flute I have ever seen. It plays with power and grace, and it smells incredibly good. I am an idiot to sell it.
Here is the flute in its case:
Here it is put together:
Here’s the endcap:
The embouchure:
The Bb touch (which I love, by the way):
Barrel:
And footjoint:
Here’s a breakdown of costs: 8-key Flute with imitation ivory rings $3600, Interlocking C, C# $80, Bb touch $375, Boxwood $100, Amber Blow edge insert $150, Amber Endcap $250, Professional leather-covered, fitted hard case with fleece/nylon cover $275, Total: $4830. I waited over two years for it. I want $4980 for it.
~Wood & Ivy (Antique) Boxwood 4-key D flute: It is a treasure, in pristine condition. It has never had any cracks. Terry McGee modified the foot to bring the bottom D into perfect tune. There are no tuning issues whatsoever, and the flute is about 160 or so years old. The embouchure is oval and perfect, the flute has an (aged boxwood) orange glow, the keys are sterling silver squares with engraved corners. The tuning slide is lined with boxwood so that no metal is visible between the head and barrel. All rings are silver. The flute was made in London. Keys are Eb, short F, G# and Bb. This is an incredibly special flute, on par in playability with the modern greats. It comes in an attractive velvet-lined fitted wooden box that was modified, as opposed to built, for the flute. $2400.
Keyless Fifes:
~Skip Healy 10-hole Blackwood and Silver A Fife: It has 10 holes, making it fully chromatic. Skip’s flutes tend to leave his shop a bit rough around the edges. This one has been sanded and polished, making it look, feel and play better. It smells great, too. The tone is strong and focused, capable of sweetness, too, and the tuning is excellent. If, like me, you are intimidated by the four extra holes (that must be kept covered when playing in the regular diatonic A scale), you can cover them up with electrical tape without hurting the flute. The four extra holes do add versatility, though. $265.
Here’s a picture of the embouchure hole.
Here’s a picture of the tuning slide, apart.
~Skip Healy Bb Fife in Blackwood and Silver w/ a Pink Ivory Headjoint: Similar to the fife above, but with a wonderful pink ivory wood headjoint (and only six finger holes). It smells great and plays incredibly well, too. I wasn’t going to sell this one, but the flute of my dreams is calling. $295.
~William Miller High C Bamboo Fife: He was trained by the same person who trained Pat Olwell. It has a large embouchure hole and strong volume and tone when played the way it wants to be played. $25.
~Eklute Whistle Headjoint for Boehm Flute: They stopped making these in the 1980s. It was before most of us got into whistles. This is a great tool. It’ll turn your Boehm flute into a chromatic Low whistle. It has a hard rubber mouthpiece (like the material of clarinet mouthpieces) and a silverplated tube. $265.
Buyers will pay actual shipping costs. I can take personal checks within the US. US and everywhere else: bank checks or money orders in US dollars, credit cards for an extra 4% or PayPal for an extra 3%.
E-mail if interested.
