Small holes, not interested… Nice rings though.
You ever played one? I like 'em.
Not a small holed Clementi, but I did play similar flutes of similar period. They sounded nice actually, but I like power and prefer a less refined tone.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
And you say you don’t play Irish music.
Kosher Irish Music. KIM.
How common was the wood turning on the head and barrel? Either this is the second flute I’ve seen it on, or that flute has been up for sale before.
I confess I don’t like the aesthetics of the grooved wood turning. I’ve seen these several times before.
That is called combing where individual beads of the same size are turned into the wood. The tool used to cut them is called, what else, a comb. It is quite a common feature on Clementi flutes. It is also frequently seen on GH bagpipe drones and chanters. Certainly Clementi was not the only one that used that detail but it was one of the things I learned to look for back in the early seventies when I was searching for good flutes.
Feadoggie
Low pitch!!?? Not A=440.
…I’d have one long flute for just playing up, and another, for just playing down…
Terry
And one more that plays nothing, just for show, yabba dee da dum.
Oy!
Rob
The seller says the measurement between C# and Eb is 264 mm. According to a well known flute maker who suggests this is the best predictor of a flute’s pitch and graphs this information, the flute in question will be a low pitch flute. Well, Terry…?? 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=244Str11YNA
Had to watch Topol!
did watch!
now i want the notes (sheets, is that the right word, or sheetmusic or musicsheets) anyway …someone got them?
We have to be a bit careful with wording here. I’d prefer to say it will be “best tuned” to low pitch. Probably around 430 or so.
Depending on how much movement is available on the slide (which is usually stacks), it will still be tuneable to 440, but I’d expect when A is tuned to 440, low D will be very flat. My Nicholson small hole, which appears identical to the one on offer, is about 60cents flat on low D! The tuner calls it as a sharp C#.
This flute would be fun to play with a fortepiano. You would also need to be appropriately dressed:
Terry
thanks for the link
I have a very similar Nicholson’s, small holed, save mine has the cutouts for the thumb and left hand… The low D is about 60 cents flat as Terry mentioned, my solution was to make an additional Cosuswood foot, quite a bit shorter, brings everything in nicely in tune! The keys are very elegant, while not having the blasting power, the flute can still be heard. You will notice that the one on eBay, has the normal long F, mine has the reversed touch, designed to offset the tone holes of the lower section away from you, as Nicholson liked.