Just had to share this:

Desi Seery Pratten in olivewood.
Makes me wish I was a Pratten guy.
Doc
Just had to share this:

Desi Seery Pratten in olivewood.
Makes me wish I was a Pratten guy.
Doc
That really is a beauty.
I’ve just done my weekly irishflutestore window shop, even though I have a flute winging its way over from Doc as we speak.
If you’ve not been to Docs site for a while and you need something to get the flute equivelant of WHOA started go check it out, some amazing flutes up for grabs.
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That’s a beautiful flute. What does it smell like?
Thanks for sharing.
…john
LOVELY !
Will somebody PLEASE hold my wallet for a while? ![]()
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Why aren’t so little olive wood flutes. Is it a tough wood to work with?
It’s cheap and not endangered (at least in Spain.) Some days ago I talked with Carlos Aragon (Arhpa.) He said that they had a pile of first class properly dried olive wood. They told me that it’s an excellent wood but they weren’t using it to make flutes as few people would buy them. They were about to start Galician pipes chanters instead. ![]()
It’s remarkably light stuff. The tone seems a bit quieter than a blackwood or delrin equivalent.
Doc
Olivewood is lovely for flutes but I found few chose it. The wood is a little more porous and considerably softer than other woods I use, such as boxwood. If not sealed or left unoiled it does lose its voice. It will also lose some of its color with time, becoming duller.
I love turning it as it makes the workshop smell like a delicatessen!
Warning to Olivewood flute owners however: keep it away from your pets! A few clients lost their instruments to dogs who enjoy the taste of the wood, attracted by the smell. I also found that my cats like licking the wood with their tongues.
Casey
Exactly what I thought !
They can even have more idea ! ![]()
U aint talking about what am i thinking, r u ? ![]()
doc, does just the looks alone not justify BECOMING a pratten guy, then?
lovely.
berti
Oh, now that’s pretty. That’s really pretty.
I wonder if it’s too late to do my Bb in olivewood.