Enjoy!
Well, wasn’t that about bloody time 
It would be nice if you could also post a few pics of the entire flute, assembled and dissasembled. The pics you posted now where only teasing.
But very nice colour. Reminds of a well matured, sherry cask
whisky
check the pix again! there is a lovely pic of the flute assembled. the pics of the sections of the flute will have to suffice for “disassembled pics.”
Brazenkaine-
Thanks for taking the time to take these pics and post them. Looks like a beaut. How do you like Hammy’s newer keys? It looks like he is using coiled springs now; at least, that’s what I saw in one of your last pics.
I really like them! I like the seamless look for his flutes. What I like about Hammy’s flutes in particular is that he has a very specific sound in mind when he builds them. I’ve read reviews that point only to his flutes having volume. You can rest assure that the writer probably had an underdeveloped embouchure. There’s loads of stuff to be had from his flutes, …again they have a very distinctive tone/vibe and feel to them.
He has used that spring type for years, can’t blame him, leaf springs are a real pain!
Beautiful flute!
It is a really nice looking flute. Were did he get the cocus!?! It seems kinda scarce these days.
Oh Jon… Leaf springs please… and lined keyways.
I’ll find the money.
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Don’t worry, I am a traditionalist… Not that the coiled springs don’t look easier…
I’ve been seeing and hearing about more and more new cocuswood flutes made, or at least I think I have, the last year or so. Perhaps it’s really starting to come back?
When I was starting out a couple of years ago, one very rarely heard of a new cocus flute, but now they seem to be poping up more and more. Still rare no doubt but maybe not as much as a few years ago?
Someone who makes flutes might be able to comment on the availability and price of good cocus wood these days? This may be my imagination.
Cocus is so darn beautiful and vibrant, I prefer it to African Blackwood (from my very humble experience).
Being rare maybe helping it to achieve some extra high status in ones eyes, and leads one to believe it’s better than it acctually is? You guessed it, that’s often the case with
whisky
We were due for a drool posting. Thanks for the pix!
a great piece of cocus surely makes a flute amazing! an ok piece will produce an ok instrument. i tend to think that the player hears/feels more of these wood enhanced nuances than someone sitting 6 ft away, not to mention if you mic the instrument…then all is to the wind. i was lucky, all of my cocus instruments are impeccable. naturally, this points to the experienced maker..one who is able to make his best pick of wood i.e. what shows the most promise (and even that is no guarantee until the wood becomes an instrument!).
y-e-e-o-w-z-a what a stunning flute! thanks for the pics. gotta love hammy, he’s on top of his game making brilliant flutes and great customer service. hope you play the hell out of it.
Ahhh! So Beautiful Flute!! ))
Thanx for pics, Brazenkaine!
I’m very glad you enjoyed these pics!
Lovely! I’ve a D in cocus that Hammy made in 2003.
He was good enough to turn the block mounts but I never got around to putting on keys. Almost identical aside from that… and the pitch of course. I’d posted a few pics ages and ages back, they might still be up here somewhere…
Best,
Wes
anybody else w/cocus Hamilton gear…why not upload some pics>?
No cocus here, but a long-expected treasure:
Hammy’s first mopane flute varnished to the dar appearance of very old cocus. Six keys and all. Will post pics and some impressions hopefully sooner than later. But as a primary thought, I find the flute to have a slightly softer character than the keyless beast I’ve been pouting away with earlier. All the potential of “taking wind” is still there as you could expect from a piece of Hammy’s work, but there’s something more as well.
I’ll take the beauty on its virgin cruise tonight and return later if I have anything sensible to say aside from the usual C&F flute review jargon. [Beautiful craftmanship, stunning keywork, (potentially dangerously) powerful low D, lovely tone, plays well across all registers, well in tune, yada yada… But none of this is really news, is it?]
here’s an old post of mine from a previous thread. if you do a search on knuckleheads (obviously my name should come up), but it will point to the original thread.
Hmmm…
Cúil Aodha
How do you pronounce that?
I think it’s close to “cool-lea.”
–James