It’s not mine, and I don’t know if it’s legitimate or not, but here it is:
If it’s for real, it might be a dandy one to pick up.
“You can almost hear “The Lord of the Dance” just looking at this piece, but now you can play it!!!”
Sold!
Is that a crack?
I doubt that is a crack. I see two footjoints and note the very square embouchure cut. I wonder how old this flute is. By using an auction service, Snappy (whoever they are) we cannot tell who the owner is.
I don’t think it is a crack either. Blackwood has those little surface checks, just part of the grain.
The seller may not be a pure-drop player but with hundreds of sales in the last few months and only a few blips in their customer ratings (a few cancelled sales), the seller looks safe.
The 2 foot joints is interesting: one with open C’s, the other whith keys. Maybe Terry remembers this flute and could tell us more?
Cheers,
Aaron
There’s a similar McGee Pratten listed on Brad’s site (I think - or it could be on woodenflute.com) that also has two feet so you either have a 6 key or 8 key flute.
Just an interesting observation that’s likely meaningless.
Eric
That is a steal of a deal right now, but of course the reserve is not met yet. It looks more like a Perfected (larger holes) than a refined.
Snappy is registered as a private seller and should not sell items on comission for others.
Seller also have a Abell D whistle for sale.
Maybe these fine instruments ended up in a pawnshop ???
/MarcusR
Hmmm, that thing on the flute just looked like grain, but it had a cracked key according to the ad copy.
I could be mistaken, but I think the picture of the whistle’s bell and number shows a crack going down into the A and another extending below it. It catches the light in two shots taken at different angles and appears as a dark chink in the tone hole edge in another.
The photograph looks like it was taken to show the crack, too, not just the number and the bell, but if you tried to return the whistle saying the defect had not been disclosed, they could refuse saying they presented it clearly in the photograph.
Marcus may be correct about the pawnshop. Sigh. When I see anonymous instruments like this on E-Bay, I always wonder if they were stolen.
If they ended up in a pawnshop, the seller must have either been desparate or cluelss 'cause a pawnbroker wouldn’t have given anything for them. When I started looking for a wooden flute, the “resale” shops I talked to said they don’t carry or buy wooden flutes because they don’t get requests for them. Same with bagpipes. Silver flutes are a different thing…
Well the flute went for $2800 - a good deal if it turns out to be OK. Was it anyone here?? I had planned to bid, but forgot about it - probably wouldn’t have gone that far though.