I had withdrawn the Aebi a few weeks back, but my pre-booked Violin/fiddle lessons are about to come to a close, so I really need to sell the Aebi, as the violin lessons
are coming on great and I am improving, I have taken some fresh pictures, this time hopefully showing the chip on the lowest tennon, I had it with my repair guy who said due to its position it was difficult to fix, or dificult for any repair to not just come off, the chip is on the very end of the tennon, were there is a raised band of wood, which the thread wrappings butt up against, its a section of the raised lip that is missing, the tennon is very strong and it has no effect on the connection.
I was originally looking at offers around £1000, but I will accept any decent offer around £800, or a decent whistle and some cash, as £80 gets me a months worth of Violin tuition, so £800 would see me through to the end of the year.
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its a Thomas Aebi flute in D with three keys made of silver (f - nat ) (G#) (Bb ) the flute is made of a lovelly boxwood, 5 sections fully lined head joint, lined tuning barrel three piece body with short foot joint, the flute is a rudall copy in the style of an Astor flute, beautiful sound, the tennon rings are in immitation Ivory and I have just had the threads re-threaded, there is a chip on the flutes lowest tennon joint, but it is very strong and does not effect the connection or sound and is not weak at all, I only mention it to be totally transparent about the condition.
the keys are block mounted and have been cut from a solid piece of silver not cast, and they are also in the style of an astor flute (flat ) keys of that period, the flute is really nice to hold and has a lovelly lightweight feel, as far as I can see there is no warpage, I have a few images I can e-mail, but need a day or so to take more detailed pics, I paid £1200 and the new price on the Aebi site with the three keys is £1800, i'm based in the UK, I can ship worlwide, although on previous occasions the cost of postage has always been an issue with overseas sales, but I am willing to work with any prospective buyer to achieve a good cost effective delivery, if based in the UK you are welcome to try out the flute I am based in west sussex, but can meet up in Billingshurts, guildford, or brighton.
thanks again Yvie
