What's your current 'weapon' of choice?

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What's your current 'weapon' of choice?

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Just thought it would be fun to know what everyone is playing these days.

Currently I play:
Cocuswood Hudson Pratten #221 (1840s?)
Firth, Pond & Co. w/ Abell HJ (1840s?)
Tipple Low 'C' (w/wedge and lip plate)

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1) Rudall and Rose 4117 with Olwell headjoint (thanks Arbo!)
2) Glenn Watson 8 key
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Copley and Boegli 6-key in mopane; I've had it since 2004.
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Casey Burns Standard in blackwood, no slide--just the wood and nothing but the wood.
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Casey Burns Standard in mopane, no slide--just the wood and nothing but the wood.

Copley blackwood, slide, semi-lined head.
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Copley and Boegli 4-key blackwood in D
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flutefry wrote:1) Rudall and Rose 4117 with Olwell headjoint (thanks Arbo!)
2) Glenn Watson 8 key
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1. Peter Noy keyless
2. M&E Rudall
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1. Artley Wilkens Model Boehm flute
2. Venus Boehm piccolo
3. Tipple D flute
4. Tipple G flute
5. 9 Susato Whistles ranging from glass shattering high g to low A.

The G flute and the d and A whistles are getting all the attention these days. The G flute and the c whistle are my favorite.
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I have a Casey Burns large- holed standard flute made of French boxwood that is perfect in every way.
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Lehart with 5 keys in blackwood.
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Hi,
I play a Grinter 8 key Rosewood flute at most all sessions. On special occasions I play a boxwood Rudall & Rose. and a Hawkes & Son Eb cocswood flute.
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Large hole Noy with 6 keys.
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Bryan Byrne 6-key D
Chris Wilkes 8-key C
Chris Wilkes 4-key Bb

Those are the three flutes I own and plan to keep playing for the rest of my life.
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Aebi D Pratten with 8 keys.
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