I’ve acquired a very unique flute, an Eb Hawkes 8key flute, cocus.
The headpiece that came with it has no cork, so I tried my blackwood Olwell headpiece onto it and…ta-da!,…perfect fit.
Sure…now what about play?
- Boom. Eb. Top to bottom. Tuning slide closed all the way.
Frankly, if I didn’t already have a keyed Olwell Eb, I’d keep this one for myself. It is that good. Sometimes a “fluke” shows up every so often.
So…if you’ve got an Olwell D flute, and would like a keyed Eb flute…here’s your shot at a very affordable and historic one. Patrick makes his Eb and D flutes with interchangeable bodies, but the headpiece is essentially the same for both.
No cracks or issues with the Eb (padding maybe…but it’s a dandy boomer right now).
Price? $2000 straight up.
And you’ll get the original head if you wanna have a cork put into it.
But if you’ve got the Olwell head…why bother?
email offlist please. >> rudallrose (at) msn.com
I’ll post a YouTube of me playing it, switch it to the Olwell body for you to see that it works on both.
I’ll add the link here on a different post to this thread.
dm
