I am selling my keyless blackwood Bryan Byrne flute. This is a great flute that I am unfortunately giving up. I am asking for $1000, with the buyer to pay for shipping.
Please send me a PM if you are interested or would like more information about the flute.
Thanks,
Brendan
Brendan,
You’ll probably get your flute sold soon but in case you don’t and are interested, I have some high end whistles I’m trying to sell in order to buy a Byrne or Olwell flute.
I have the following listed in the whistle forum:
Overton Low D tunable(very hard blower, there may be something wrong with it but I only have $115 tied up in it)
Reyburn Low D $175
Burke Low D Al Pro $175
Burke Low D composite $160
Burke Low F composite $130
Burke Low G composite $125
Burke high D session composite $90
Thin Weasel in Blackwood $225
I also have Abell sets in Madagascar Rosewood: A/Bflat and C/D/Eflat
Copeland high D and high C in nickel silver - lovely sound.
I know you are interested in selling but would kick myself if later I found out you would have been interested in trading and I hadn’t asked.
no need to respond back if you aren’t interested. Not meaning to waste your time.
take time
jim durdin
I know this is crazy, but those aren’t corked tenons, are they? My Byrne is thread lapped, I guess it’s just your photo.
An endorsement: My Byrne flute is the one I was playing when I got unsolicited compliments from some of my family members… It’s a very beautiful, well made flute. Bryan is also a really nice guy, call him up! He is very careful, thoughtful, and has lots of good advice.
Mary
I don’t have anything to do with the sale of this flute, BTW. I guess I have to add this caveat…
Wow, there have been a lot of flutes up for sale the last month or two!
ANyway, how’s the intonation of Byrne flutes? Any quirks?
Just wanted to answer a couple questions that have been raised about this flute.
In terms of the intonation, the tuning on Bryan’s flutes are very tight. Part of the reason I originally got this flute was because of the tuning and the ability to cross finger accidentals and have them be in tune.
Some people have also asked about the volume of the flute. It is certainly not as loud as other flutes with a larger bore like an Olwell or a Hammy, but it has a reasonable amount of volume. In general, it’s not a problem, but it can get drowned out in a really loud session.
Sorry my message ended up on the forum. I thought I was doing a PM but must have hit the wrong button. :roll:
jim
:roll: :roll: :roll: 
slow computer and I hit the button too many times
Wow, $1000 for a Byrne and no wait. 
Mary, the tenons look thread-wrapped to me. My bagpipe tenons are wrapped with beeswax-coated, linen thread and look a lot like those tenons. Are your tenons wrapped with yellow thread?
Cheers,
Aaron
Yeah, the joints are thread lapped not cork. You have a good eye Aaron. I used to play pipes, so the joints have a base of waxed hemp (black wax on the bottom, beeswax on the top) and then a little bit of plumber’s tape to top it all off.
Aaron beat me to it! I thought they looked like hemped joints covered with teflon tape, but then I thought, hey, that’s crazy, that’s a highland bagpipe thing.
Heh!
Stuart
Gosh, you guys!
My Byrne has tenons wrapped in black, so I guess that’s why it looked so diff to me. Anyhow, instead of plumbers tape, I take some cross-stitch floss, separate the threads, and wind around a couple of times. then use a bit of beeswax mixture. It works great.
You can buy more floss than you’ll ever need if you buy only one skein at walmart for about 50-75 pennies… Choose from about a million colors! 
Mary
The Byrne flute I have is plenty loud ~ not as loud as my Hammy, of course, but what is?!?! The Byrne has a nice rich sound, but it sings like a bird in the second octave. Really nice.
Can someone enlighten me with a bit of Byrne history?
I seem to recall reading that some of his older models were different than his newer ones but I can’t recall in what way.
Is his Rudall a small-hole, medium-hole, large-hole or what?
Doc
I think he was making smaller holed and quieter flutes
initially, but in the last few years his flutes are
becoming louder–said to be very Rudall, nonetheless.
Impeccable craftsmanship. He will discuss with you
what you want in a flute and try to tailor it to you.
Has the flute sold?
Doc
the flute has sold. thanks to everyone who was interested.
You punk, that is a picture of my cannon
The devil made him do it!