Wilkes 5key Bb Flute FS (not my own)

Irish Flute
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A friend in the UK has a 5key Wilkes flute in Bb for sale. (It is not my own, which I just acquired recently and really like, so I’m keeping mine!)
Excellent condition. Blackwood. Sterling.

If interested (seriously, please) email me off list at
rudallrose(at)earthlink.net

You’d have to inquire/negotiate a price.

dm

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Hmm, you think he’d be interested in trading for a nice recorder?

Hey, c’mon now you guys, it’s not nice to laugh…

Loren

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Oh my, now isn’t that a sexy turn of events! If I didn’t have that cocus Grinter coming next month…I might be game for this.

Hey, Loren, what kind of recorders are you making?

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Crap! I just realized I never replied to you last PM, G. - very sorry dude!

Heh, heh, I knew you’d find the Wilkes Bb an interesting item.

What am I making? Geeze, like 10 different things at once, that’s sort of how we do things at the shop: We’ve been finishing up some awesome sounding Terton sopranos, very sweet. Nice Rippert Sopranos as well. I just polished up a couple of Grenser flutes to ship off early today, and Pat finished up an ornately carved solid Ivory Denner Alto last week. I’ll likely be gundrilling Rippert and Stansby Alto parts for the rest of this week, along with repairs.

Now if I could only find time to work on an “irish” flute for myself! Making reamers is a frickin PITA :angry:

What’s new in G’s world?

Loren

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Good for you, Loren. I’m secretly jealous…ooops.

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What you wanna make some recorders Jim? I have 400 chunks of boxwood that all need to be gun drilled, when ya wanna start? :smiley:

Hey, I might have time to make those flute reamers after all! :laughing:

Loren

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Pity Mr Holtzappfel has gone out of buisiness. I understand that he sold reamers to London’s flutemakers in the first half of the 19th century.

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Yes, awfully silly of him to up and die in 1843.
Nothing but poor planning, by God!
What else could one expect from the patentee of a keyless flute at the turn?
I bet his brother JJ planned better. At least he left us a treatise!
(Please, everyone, I sincerely hope you wrote that all down! There will be a quiz)

Just AMAZING how much useless, impertinent information there is out there, isn’t it?

Makes us wanna barf whenever it shows up without rhyme or reason.
Oh, why not…

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The point, dear David, which may have been picked up by the brighter members of the forum( if not youself ) is that Loren might consider buying -in reamers as did some at least of the 19th century flutemakers.

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:roll: Oh please! :roll:
When will you two stop picking on each other?? :laughing:

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Loren, that is awesome. A short but long way from Boulder Colorado, my man. I am delighted for you, but I have to admit that I know squat about recorders.

As for me? I have to say I don’t have so much time to practice flute these days. Just a bit on the weekends now. I just moved back to Shanghai, and most the time I am travelling all over Asia and once a month to US or Europe. All just fast and furious travel. No time or energy for much personal time here.

I am however starting to go to India more. That is one incredible place, I tell you. The intensity is like nothing I’ve experienced elsewhere.

Hang in there.

G

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There you go, Henke!
You are SO on it!

By the way, Mr. KIA…
Too bad you and yours couldn’t get that Rudall in South Kensington today.

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I thaught it looked rather chewed up.
Why do you think I should have to keep buying Rudalls? That is your obsession, Migoya.
There are more interesting things in the world for those who are not anally retentive.

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Let me see…

Yes indeed, mr kia
yes indeed.

Such a way about you.
I bow to your greatness and wisdom!
I am bested!




DM