hi,
so i saw a keyless de Keyser in a shop today in tuscon and tried it out; not bad (keeping my McGee though 
anyway, they’re asking $495 for it; is that reasonable? he said it’s “ebony” wood; i guess blackwood, no scratches on it (that i saw) a little hard to assemble (tenon joints really tight) but has a tuning slide on extended foot joint…
???
just curious.
I haven’t seen any recently (I wasn’t looking) but over the past ten years or so they were for sale, new, in shops here around the €350-400 mark. I don’t know what he’d charge direct from the workshop.
this website http://www.hartesmusic.com/co.uk/wind/flutes.html has one for sale for 440 pounds, which is about $680 according to xe.com.
anyway, i was just curious. i’m saving up for the $3500 minimum bid on an 8-key Bb grinter
someday…
How much more do you need?
De Keysers sell in Dublin for €600 (here in McCullough Pigott for example: http://www.mcculloughpigott.com/trad/flute.html)
Hmmm and there’s me looking for offers over £200 for mine. Think I had better edit my post and up the asking price a bit.
As it has been lying out of its box I have tended to pick it up and play it recently. It is a very nice flute indeed. As I mentioned in my Ad, probably not a beginners flute.
about $3480.
yikes! then $495 is a steal.