I’ve decided to part with my Healy Ironwood D flute - At my playing ability level I simply can’t justify having two expensive keyless wooden flutes, so I’m keeping my Copley and I’m giving up the Healy.
The Healy Ironwood is an incredibly beautiful instrument, the silverwork alone is stunning, not to mention the wood, photos really don’t do it justice. (check out the photos on Skip Healy’s site http://www.skiphealy.com/cooktownflute.htm )
The flute has a great big, woody tone and plenty of volume - a great session instrument. It would not be the easiest flute for a beginner to start on, but it would be perfect for someone with a little experience who’s looking for a top quality instrument.
This flute is in perfect condition - it looks brand new, no kidding. It has been extremely well cared. The price is $800 (no case included), this flute new (again, without a case) is $1050+.
Anyone seriously interested may contact me via e-mail.
Thanks,
Loren
[ This Message was edited by: Loren on 2001-08-22 22:55 ]
Geeeze Loren you are three days late in posting this most alluring offer. I just spent my allowance of $550 on a Halpin 27 inch bodhran.
Got any others that you want to get rid of. Eubiedubie has a Copley also which he got two months ago and I think you might have to do a Charleton Heston on him if you want to try it. But he has let me play it and it is truely a lovely flute.
No, aside from the Copley the only other flute I have is a ceramic F or G that my mother gave me a few years back. Obviously I wouldn’t sell that. I would like a keyed flute though.
Now, about that Bodhran…$550?!? Yikes, you can purchase an entire drumset for that kind of money! Well then again, I get the same reaction from my friends when they find out what I pay for wooden flutes -“What, $500-$1200 for a stick with holes in it?!? Are you crazy man?” So, I guess I can’t talk =;^)
Yikes is right. But Loren, I got the 27" bodhran two hours ago. It is made by Fred Halpin in Ottawa Canada. I have played his 19" for the last six years in any kind of climatic condition and it stays in tune. This is same kind of frame with the tuning ring inside the frame with lush thick white skin.
Oh what a lushes sound. The way I play the bodhran, my left hand is working harder than my right with the stick in it. I don’t need a drum set, I can nuture, and pull a full range of sound out of my drums (I own seven bodhrans) when I need to.
I bought my Casey Burns flute in mopane for $800 US, by the time I paid the Canadian exchange and duties and taxes on it, it came to $1,500 Cdn. That is YIKES>
Wow, really sorry to hear about your cracked flute, but like Mark said, you should contact David Migoya. The way I understand it, many cracks can be “Repaired” enough to keep the flute playing well.
OTH, you can have your parents contact me and I’ll do my best convince them you need a new Healy Flute…Just joking of course
Hey, please let us know how things turn out with your flute - I for one would like to learn more about repairing cracks since I know very little about the subject.
Don’t I wish you could convince my parents, but they are pretty set in their ways I have contacted David Migoya and I am waiting for him to email me back. Does anyone know about how much he runs? (Not in miles but cost ) Or has anyone ever used him to repair a flute/fife before?
Hi Caryn. Cracks can br repaired. A woodwind repair guy repaired no less than three cracks in my flute with super glue. If I’d known he was going to do it that way I’d have done it myself and saved some money!
The flute plays just fine now, although the cracks are fairly noticable.
He is charging about 25$ to fix the head crack, and then alittle more to redill the embrouchure hole, because the crack is along it. I would try reglueing it myself, but I don’t need to srew up my flute
and I thought this was a whistle forum!
Yes, I’ve agree to look at Caryn’s flute and see what can be done. There are many ways to fix a crack. We’ll just have to see which way works best on her flute when I get a look at it.
I did a crack a few months back on a Butler flute from about 1855 that you could almost get your little finger into. Particularly difficult since the slide only went halfway up the head.
And, no, I don’t use Super Glue to fix the crack. However, there’s a medium/variant of it that I sometimes use as the final overcoat on the repaired crack, but usually only on rosewood because of the shine it leaves.
To give an idea, the final sanding is done with a 10,000-grit sandpaper.
Anyway, we’ll let Caryn be the judge when the work is done.
David,
Just to let you know, I have not had a chance yet to send the flute off yet, bacuse my dad has decided he needs to “help” send the flute off, and he has to work all this week. So depending on whether or not I can get him to take me to the post office or not this week or on the weekend means how soon the flute will get to you. So just thought to let you know
I am also so happy to be getting it fixed! AND thankyou so much, everyone for suggesting David.
David,
Just to let you know, I have not had a chance yet to send the flute off yet, bacuse my dad has decided he needs to “help” send the flute off, and he has to work all this week. So depending on whether or not I can get him to take me to the post office or not this week or on the weekend means how soon the flute will get to you. So just thought to let you know
I am also so happy to be getting it fixed! AND thankyou so much, everyone for suggesting David.
Caryn:
Good for Dad! He’s just making sure it gets done carefully and correctly. If he didn’t care, he wouldn’t have said a word. Good man!
And don’t go thanking everyone until you get the flute back and are happy.
My blackwood flute just developed a huge crack in the head peice, running the whole lenght of it 