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now THAT is a flute!
Somehow I thought you’d say that 
Bill
My keyless will be ready in October. 
Tom
Tom, will it have the copper rings?
Mary
Jeez I dont know. I didnt think to ask him when I ordered it.
Tom
Bill, it looks like a great flute, I hope you get it.
Eilam,
Thanks. I recently sold my 5-keyed Lehart.
Bill
So would this be the same but with the added long F?
(I use the long F way more then the short one (in fact I hardly use the short F)).
Are they as powerful as the Olwell you had (I think you sold it?).
Did you get a Casey recently? How do they compare?
thanks Bill.
I have a keyless Lehart and it is a wonderful instrument, very clear penetrating tone, easy to blow and quite comfortable in the hand…
Eilam,
How quickly I forgot. The LeHart I recently sold was four key (long & short F, C nat, and G#).
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I just got my Casey Burn’s 6-keyed Rudall flute. I originally wanted a Pratten, but Casey sent me an unkeyed Pratten and Rudall to try. I returned the Rudall to be keyed, and he let me keep the Pratten as a loaner until the keyed flute was delivered. He had me mark my finger postions on the flute and take photos of my hands positions. This was so he could tailor the key locations to my hands position. When I got the keyed flute, about a week ago, the long F was hard to reach. Casey said he could easily lengthen it, and I got it back today, and it is perfect.
I like the unkeyed Pratten, and may buy it too.
Buying a flute from Casey is like having your own personal flute maker. He’s also very good about responding to emails, and much, much more.
Bill
Wow…personally the only flute I’d sell the Lehart for is another Lehart… but to each their own!
R
Bill, that’s really interesting.
The Rudall, was the head a little thicker, and smaller, rounder embouchure.
Pratten, thinner head joint, larger embouchure.
Or were the heads the same, but bore deferent?
I’m intrigued by deferent makers approach, to the deference in the two models.
Some put the same head on deferent body’s.
Some have one body with a choice of deferent heads.
How did your Olwell fall in comparison to the LeHart and Casey?
Strictly speaking it wasn’t selling a LeHart for a Burns. I sold a 4 keyed flute for a 6 keyed flute.
Keyed flutes, from different makers, could hamper my ability to play them well. The keys and their positions would typically be different. I want to focus on getting proficient on a single keyed flute. In this case, pesonalized for my hand position. Having said that, I’m thinking that I could get Casey to key the unkeyed Pratten identical to the keyed Rudall.
Eilam: I’ll answer your question later, when I make room to lay out both flutes.
Bill
When I was in Brittany last month, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit M. LeHart in his home. I tried various of his instruments. They all played easily and the workmanship is excellent. And most important of all, Monday of this week I recieved the 5 key flute that I ordered when I was there.
I am extremely pleased and would recommend his flutes to anyone who want a very good instrument at a reasonable price and delivery.
Now all I have to do is get good enough to extract the music from the instrument.
Eilam,
When the two flutes arrived, I thought the Rudall was the Pratten, because it was so long.
Each joint is noticably different. The Rudall’s foot joint is longer than the Pratten, and the Rudall foot joint has two large vent holes. The Rudall’s middle joint is the longer of the two joints, but the finger holes are about the same size. The LeHart spacing was a stretch for my medium size hands, but both Burns’ flutes are very comfortable with no strain to cover.
The two flutes have about the same size embouchure hole. The Pratten headjoint is longer and fatter than the Rudall headjoint. It is interesting to see that the extra length of the Pratten headjoint is between the embouchure hole and end with the cork.
Bill
How much are these new? (drool, slobber, snort…)
Casey made me a custom, six-key, boxwood based on a Rudall and Carte (#6776) that was owned by Nick Voreas in Portland Oregon, but stolen from him sometime in the early 90’s. The original is also very close to Chris Norman’s boxwood Rudall and Rose, according to a drawing provided to Casey by Rod Cameron, who made Chris’s blackwood rendition. I love the instrument and cannot over-emphasize my appreciation for Casey and his accommodating style. He’s a pleasure to work with.
Edited to provide clarification this is not submitted as object worship, just in case…
Auction closed at $1,525, and the reserve was not met.
Anyone know how much a new one sells for?
Bill
I was a little surprised at that myself…
M