Pretty flute… no fighting now!
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He spells it GrinDer not GrinTer. An error by the owner?
He also calls it a “Rundall Rose” must be Rudall’s cousin.
Doc
Now it’s changed and is a Grinter but also has become a Rundal Rose.
I copied and pasted it here.
Hand-made 8 Keyed Rundall Rose type Lancewood Grinter flute in D
… And the first picture seems to represent a left handed flute, not the others. Funny 
Grinter makes really nice flutes.
WELL SPOTED!!
Might be the photo’s printed in reverse?
He seems to have a good feed back record, all +ive
it’s actually a she… I inquired with her a couple days ago wondering if it was one of Grinter’s new models…
Helen (Mike’s wife) got back with me and informed me that it would be his standard Rudall model from a couple years back. Looks lovely.
Best,
What kind of sound does the lancewood produce? I’ve never had the oppurtunity to try it before.
As Blaine has spoken to the owner’s wife all is legit here. Yes lovely looking flute. I was a bit suspicious because of the errors but all is well.
I have to say the spelling of “cheque” was ominous . . . very suspicious, that.
There are a lot of odd spelling errors. I must say it makes me a bit uneasy also.
=>>>>And<<<<= the market for such things is falling away! More interest in stringed instruments these days!
I have to say the spelling of “cheque” was ominous . . .
“Cheque” is absolutely correctly spelled, for those who speak English… which most of you don’t, speaking American as you do.
And yes, Lancewood is a very pretty colour!
Lancewood is a great timber. Density-wise I think it’s actually really close to cocus, but it seems (to me) to be a little waxier and more durable.
Stuart
It was humor, my friend. Humour.
That’s why the little winkey face is on there.
Must be true about Scots being dour . . .
Well, the funny thing about “colour” and “cheque” is that those are spellings adopted in Britain within the last 100-150 years or so, with perhaps the only motivation being distancing themselves from American spelling.
Look back far enough and even native-British-English spelled the words “color” and “honor” and “theater.” Perhaps it was a period of self-doubt, and the English wanted to seem more like the French?
Stuart
It’s true, Bill Bryson’s excellent book will fill you in on the details. American is an early primitive form of English frozen as it was in the 1600’s while of, course, in England it continued to advance and develop.
So Shakespeare probably spoke in an accent halfway between New York and Sidney.
Well, rather than “primitive” versus “advanced,” I prefer “classical” versus “degenerate.”
But, of course, that shows you on which side of the Atlantic I was born.
Heh.
Stuart
It was humor, my friend. Humour.
Ibid!