Still have to make a new crown and get the keys to seal, but it looks like it will be a good player.
The flute has an interesting hole layout, “reverse ergonomic”. I guess he felt that the player needed to strech more.
This is the block that was replaced.
My Huller has a similar layout for the RH. Perhaps Mr. Huller built my flute for someone with two left hands.
Works just fine, though.
It is a little strange though… You would think that he would have “cheated” them over the other direction! It is not a bad reach, but… Maybe it was to reach the keys easier? as you have already hyper-extended your reach, then the keys seem closer. 
or made for someone with stange hands… 
My old Aquila (recently resold by Sillydill) had the holes laid out the same way. Somehow it always felt perfectly natural to me.
Ming
Hi Ming,
I am just getting it to play. Your right it does feel natural. It kind of pulls your hand away from the G# and the long F, giving the L3 finger more room. This might be the reason. I can’t see a maker like Henery Potter doing it by mistake! 
First impression, it plays like a large holed Rudall, a nice reedy tone. I will find out when I measure the bore, maybe another model… 
Maybe to move some finger holes away from the blocks and the key-holes?
Hey Ming, Im the new care taker of that flute and you are right, it does seem natural. Not to mention that it is a great flute, but then I am a sucker for rosewood flutes. I have 3 and as far as Im concerned rosewood is the king of flute woods 
Take care
Tom
Now theres an even greater incentive to visiting…Jon, you need to stop buying flutes because I hate braving the LA traffic to play your flutes.