I got myself another Flute today. To add to my collection here is a two year old Casey Burns Boxwood Pratten:
The pic looks a little blurry, I guess I moved while taking the picture. It has a great strident tone like a Pratten should but with the Mellow quality of Boxwood, I love it. Plays just as good as it looks.
Very nice!
I like the figuring of the curly boxwood.
GAH! It’s pretty!
I really need a flute. But, money issues prohibit it.
Perhaps at the end of the summer I’ll have some extra cash… 
Be Still My Restless Heart!!!
WOW Avery!!!
Hubba Hubba!!! 
If you’ll send it to me, I’ll take some really good pictures for you. 
Casey B has lovely boxwood.
Real puurty Avery! It probably sounds very much like JonC’s Bocote Pratten-lots of guts, but mellow when you want it! Altogether different from the Hammy though.
Good luck with it.
Schwing!
Good call! Must be feather-light too.
Which is it? Loud and harsh or soft and rich?
Strident:
Mellow:
having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; “a mellow sound”;
It is a zen koan, grasshopper.
Note that the flute is unlined.
or perhaps an ‘oxymoron’
Avery - that really is a gorgeous flute. I love the look of boxwood, but always worry about warping and such. Let us know after long playing sessions if there are any issues with the unlined head joint and tennon going wonky.
Eric
I have one of Casey’s boxwood flutes in C.
Had it for awhile. There are no issues about
warping or swelling or bending whatsoever.
He has really lovely stable boxwood.
I’m not a big fan of boxwood but that is an attractive flute.
The black, waxed hemp gives a nice contrast (unfortunately lost when assembled) so perhaps a boxwood instrument mounted with blackwood or some other contrasting material would turn me over to the light side.
I would describe it as loud and rich, it is hard to explain in words but after playing it you know.
Yep, it is pretty light, way lighter than my Bleazey Ironwood which is the heaviest Flute I have ever played, heavier than an M&E. If this Flute will not warp in a New Jersey winter it can handle anything, but the person I bought it from was in Mass so I should be fine. Got a session tonight, I will see how it goes comparing this tto the Bleazey. Even though it is unlined it is close to being as responsive as the Bleazey. Takes a nice tight embochure and lots of air, just what I like (OK my first instrument was Bassoon, it makes some sense). The tone is just amazing.
What a beauty!.. (rats! where’s that ‘green with envy’ icon when you really need it?)
I wonder if someone could make viable flute rings out of a tough, resilient, polishable stone? In this case, obsidian or something similar. It would be fragile in terms of chipping, but it would look absolutely killer with boxwood.
One could always get ABW cosmetic rings mounted over functional metal bands, a la Dominic Allan.
I have heard of Border Pipemakers and Gatia makers using Blackwood mounts on Boxwood Pipes. I don’t think some Flute makers would mind.
Well, I got to say that this is a damn good session Flute. I actually felt as if I was palying at the same volume as the Fiddlers 
It took the long playing period fine, in fact because Boxwood is so spongy it didn’t even drip 
that was very suprising. This is the type of Flute I have wanted for sessions, it delivers just what I want.
Casey’s flutes really are awesome and any Burns in boxwood is to die for (I’ve played several and own one). THere’s something intimate, warm, and wonderful about Casey’s flutes that is really unique.
I wouldn’t give up my Burns Curly boxwood Rudall for love or money. 
Doc
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Beautiful Flute Avery! 