Martin Doyle on ebay

Irish Flute
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hi, leaving the issue of who benefits from this aside; there’s a Martin Doyle blackwood and silver d flute on ebay…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220573381736&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1182

looks beautiful; i searched this forum for “martin doyle” and found this thread:

https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/t/which-olwell/68903/12

no one has bid yet (6 days left though) at the starting price of $500; or you can buy it outright for $800.

i found Mr. Doyle’s website here:
http://www.martindoyleflutes.com/

very beautiful looking instruments and he also has some sound files posted there:
http://www.martindoyleflutes.com/music.html

i’d be interested to hear from anyone else who played/owns one…

Beannachtaí na Fáile Pádraig duit!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
eric

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I’ve played a couple of Doyle flutes. These are really good flutes.

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Can those of you with more experience than I tell whether the flute in question has a tuning slide? Are there many flutes around that aren’t tunable.

Questions from a whistle person curious about flutes,

Steve

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sure, no slide

the tendon looks like it is a bit over long, that will give a bit of tunning

Martin’s price page
http://www.martindoyleflutes.com/flute-prices.html
this would be the “In African Blackwood with 3 ferrules: €725.00 (without a tuning slide)” one
what’s $996 today new

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No slide. The flute is tunable via the tenon and is, in fact, widely played in sessions.
The craftsmanship is very good, the design is very good. The headjoint is all wood,
and the flute has a great woody sound, good volume. It’s a bit on the Pratten side of
things but easy enough to handle and finger. I would gladly buy one of these
if I didn’t have quite enough D flutes already.

A Doyle flute is in evidence on the first part of this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-5VnetlCM

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I have a Martin Doyle Celtic flute in blackwood on order that should be ready soon. My flute is a Sam Murray Rudall.

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I have a blackwood Doyle in D with no tuning slide and it’s superb - deep, rich, complex, woody… a beautiful flute.

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Denny, I think the flute costs 625 euros new. It’s the traditional model, which has three silver rings as a matter of course.
That’s about 859 dollars.

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according to the link in my post 625 gets ya one ringy & 725 gets ya three

the flute in the OP ebay add looks like three to me



I’ll go count the cats and get back to ya :smiley:

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That’s on the Celtic flute. The rings are decorated.

On the ‘trad model flute’ there are three plain rings no matter what you buy, two on top part of the flute,
one on the bottom. That’s 625 in blackwood, 775 or whatever in Cocus.
The e bay flute is a traditional model.

Celtic style flutes

In African Blackwood with 1 ferrule: €625.00 (without a tuning slide)
In African Blackwood with 3 ferrules: €725.00 (without a tuning slide)

In Cocus wood with 1 ferrule: €775.00 (without a tuning slide)
In Cocus wood with 3 ferrules: €875.00 (without a tuning slide)


Traditional style flutes

Basic Blackwood: €625.00 (without a tuning slide)
Basic Cocus: €775.00 (without a tuning slide)

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ah, so it is.

so Celtic is worth more that Traditional, eh?