This is one of the New Boxwood Models. It’s a 3 Key Eb in boxwood with antique walrus ivory and silver. The endcap and tip are in ivory with boxwood insets, and the rings and keys are sterling silver. The camera used isn’t the best but the pictures should be ok.
E-mail: murrayflutes@gmail.com
droool… 
Very very nice…
Double drool! Lovely work, Sam. Bet it sounds better than it looks too! Any chance of some clips?
Lovely piece of work!
gorgeous flute.
as an ign’ant keyless hack i must ask: what are the 3 keys? long F, G# and long Bb (or is that C)?
Long F, G#, C natural.
Beautiful flute, Mr. Murray. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Oh my… thats nice work.
I love how boxwood looks.
Nice touch, with the ivory crown and foot.
Is boxwood really safe stuff? I was considering one of Mr Murray’s flutes, but I’m in Canada, so it worried me a bit.
Safe?
I think it won’t explode but I’d still keep it well away from an open flame.
Boxwood CAN warp. That doesn’t mean that it necessarily warps, but it CAN. You should be aware of that.
I’m currently in preperation to order a new set of flutes and I’m considering boxwood for both of them as I love that wood. But this warping issue is a big disadvantage, even though the potential maker of the flutes says that he didn’t have problems with the wood he uses, but hey, ya know Murphy’s law…
Do you think it would be more of a problem with keyed flutes (for example, warpage causing keys to seat improperly) than keyless (or one-keyed) flutes?
I have a boxwood keyless flute and i really love the lightness and tone of it; i’d be inclined to get boxwood for a keyed flute as well, but i do wonder if it might prove problematic.
And I am the lucky recipient!
It is a fantastic flute, great tone and volume and very light and easy to handle.
Good for you, Paul.
Kevin Krell
Paul,
Is the headjoint fully lined, or partially lined? Just curious. It looks lovely.
Jeanie
Yes, of course. I heard of cases like that and even read about something like that here on C&F. There was somebody who had a flute with an Eb key that got jammed after the flute was played for some time. It got moveable again after the flute dried.
I’m tempted - a combo of two eight-keyed Rudalls (D & Bb or A) made from boxwood would be so cool. But I really don’t want sticky keys and oval tenons!
Congratulations, Paul! I think that’s about the most beautiful flute I’ve seen, and kudos to Mr. Murray as well!
i have just placed an order for a 6 key boxwood flute in D.
this will be my first keyed flute. and i have been thinking about it for years before i finally made a decision.