On Ebay now. Damn fine flute IMHO and IIDSSM.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564611916&category=47102&rd=1
Search for Grinter or Item # 2564611916
Let me know off list if you have any questions.
The Red Sox are thugs.
Yankees are Republicans.
Go Cubs!
Go Expos!
What’s that? Expos? Oh, they’re gone already.
It is only girls who play netball and rounders !
Jeez guys, give me a break.
This is what I was told regarding the current price for a Grinter Bb: “A keyless B flat flute (with tuning slide) from Blackwood is currently 1600 euros (plus postage and insurance which is around another 30- 40 euros.) Waiting time for a keyless B flat is around nine months.”
1600 Euros is the equivalent of about $1,900, factoring in exchange rate fees. 40 Euros for shipping and insurance is about $50. So the price of a new Bb is about $1,950, with a nine-month wait.
This is probably a great flute, folks. I’ve got one just like it in red lancewood, and it’s a player, oh yes, it’s great.
And, the finger span is manageable. The stretch on a conical B-flat is very similar to an average low D whistle. Not as tight as a Copeland (as a conical), but not super-wide.
Stuart, just back from the West Coast, and in the wrong time zone
Thanks Stu, for the good words. Sorry folks, but the flute is sold.
hej, I’ve too ordered one yesterday from Grinter! I haven’t made up my mind yet on timber choice, what are your thoughts on that guys?
ciao
michel
I really like the red lancewood. Makes a striking flute and it’s easy to care for. I think Michael told me that red lancewood has tonal qualities similar to cocus. I’d say it seems a little oilier than cocus, but similar in density.
Stuart
Grinter has some cocus (I’m waiting for an 8-key in cocus). Why don’t you order a Bb in cocus. Now that would be cool.
G
Hi Stuart, it’s been awhile!
Did you hear something?
I see typing but no words. 
Wasn’t someone who lives in China going to post an image of a B-flat Olwell like a YEAR AGO?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Stuart
One cocuswood flute is just enough for me!( I own a cocus D flute-made
by Aebi). Michael didn’t offer to me cocus as a choice for Bb flutes- he offered three
timbers: blackwood, red lancewood and cocobolo. Cocus
would also bring flute’s price even higher, and I’m a poor italian boy 
!!!
Anybody here who has experience with good quality flutes made in cocobolo?
I’ve personal experience only with blackwood, though I’ve seen and heard
a Grinter lancewood once (played by a great bald fluteplayer who hangs
frequently around Ennis) and it seemed really nice. Lancewood seems to
me a good choice, as it is somehow brighter sounding than blackwood according
to Michael himself,balancing in that way the natural darkness and “sonorousity” of a Bb.
However yesterday I known that I’ll have the chance of meet Michael in Ireland and
discuss the thing personally with him.Great!!!
all right…
who blew chow in Michel’s bowl? green whatever-it-is.
!
That’s pesto sauce Dave, an old typical recipe of Liguria, the area of Italy were
I live. Pesto means grinded, and basically it’s formed by young leaves of
fresh basil, parmesan (or 1/2 parmesan and 1/2 pecorino cheese according
to my mother!), pine kernels and a little garlic grinded together
with extra virgin oil. It could seem easy to prepare, but really it doesn’t !!!
We use that sauce to dress pasta, especially troffie,trenette or testaroli wich
are typical of Liguria too. Pesto stands in the first five reasons why I’m glad to be ligurian.
JESUS I’M HUNGRY NOW!!!
over pasta, YUM
in that bowl…hmmmm…I dunno.
We don’t eat pasta in that bowl.We only grind together ingredients there!
www.pesto.net
Ciao
Michel
Mmmmm, pesto…! 
yum