Och! Maryland Rennaisance Festival…Haven’t been in a while…
I will most definitely be paying a call to that Woodwind shoppe. My gang and I will be there on the 26th, for Pirate Invasion weekend. Seeing if I can get a couple of teens shanghaied.
Now for the confession. I went up and was looking at the flutes and wondering if they were any good or just cheap pakistani imports. I tried them and they played nice and were in tune in the first octave. I couldn’t hit the second octave right off. Then I noticed that the girl who had played flute in a group I had just watched was working in the booth. I asked her what kind of flute she was playing and she said Olwell. The older lady working there said she wouldn’t be working in this booth if she wasn’t playing an Olwell. I must be pretty thick because I still didn’t get it. I went and looked at some other things and came back 2 hours later. I tried a couple of the flutes and found one I really liked. I asked who the maker was and she said Olwell. Then I noticed the sign that said make checks payable to Rowena Olwell. Then I felt kind of stupid.
Ron
Yes Ron,
Then you got over it, as you tucked that flute under your arm, and went home smiling!
Ron, I was equally tempted at Pat Olwells booth last year however, I had my Dixon 3 piece with me. Pat was there and let me try one of his wonderous keyless blackwood flutes. I thought, “Yea, this is what I need”. Pat was admiring my flute case so I showed him the case and the Flute inside, He gave the flute a quick play, he made it sing. I heard what my Dixon could sound like and realized I had a long way to go befor I out grew it. He didn’t lose a sale, he just postponed it; I still want an Olwell.