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8 key flute by Eduard Heidegger, Linz A beautiful flute in blackwood with polished nickel keys. No cracks, as I have replaced the head joint, also to bring the flute into 440 tuning. Comes with original case, Christmas colored liner... :D Also, extra touch on the Bb key, has kind of a Vienna touch t...

jim stone wrote:As usual I vote for sloth and torpor (and cork). But I am inspired by people who use thread.

For me I dread the corking jobs...

Thread! Unless the flute was designed for cork, the sockets will not support cork. Thread also helps support the tenon, by binding it. Flutes with lined sockets are fine for using cork tenons...

Even gets a original era case for it, just finished the red velvet interior.

I have 2 Michael Grinter 8-key R&R model flutes for sale. Both are, I think African blackwood with silver keys, rings, and head lining. Both are in excellent/virtually unplayed condition. Both have a hairline (barely visible) crack in the back of the head. They don't leak but should be looked a...

I melt shellac on the inside of the ring, then heat up the ring with a soldering iron and push it on. I guess I am old school.
Gorilla glue gets applied with a toothpick tip amount, any foam is cleaned with alcohol.

My flute has a very loose silver ring that no amount of humidifying or oiling seems to tighten up. It is located at the bottom of the headjoint, which is not a compression socket for a tenon; there is no outward pressure by the tenon or the tuning slide directly on the ring. The tuning slide floats...

Looks like a broken tenon repair to me, not to hard to replace.

I used to own one, they are great flutes! I bought it for $300 and sold it for $1,300, wish I still had it...

an seanduine wrote:Lovely work, as always, Jon. Unfortunately the link given renders a '404' for me, but the pictures can be accessed through the Cochran Flutes facebook page, under the Rudall's I have known album.

Bob

Also have a Josie album.

By the looks of the worn areas on the flute, he must have played this on extensively before giving it to his friend.

Just thought it would be interesting, this was the flute he used for "Darby's Farewell" album.

I had the opportunity to restore Josie McDermott's flute back in 2012, the flute was a R&R that had seen better days... When the flute was finished an arrangement was set up where an elderly gentleman in a tweed suit came to pick it up on Sunday morning, he had to be at least 90, I asked him how...

I still make a one off delrin flute now and then, this is my R&R model:

Thanks, i was thinking about the same question yesterday. Today, looking at one makers price list and noting large price increases, I was thinking about it again. As I always say, "Why buy a copy, when you can get the original at half the cost!" :party: I have 3 Rudall's in my shop at the...