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Here's some pictures of my Skip Healy flute. Lot of lovely engravings. http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/2/vertical-5/06/8/397/107/38_1114995172.jpg http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/2/vertical-5/06/8/397/107/38_814309436.jpg http://finncdn.no/mmo/2013/2/vertical-5/06/8/397/107/38_913959920.jpg http://finncdn.no/...

Hi. I have a Skip Healy 2 piece keypess flute that I don't really use. It's in low d and made out of blackwood. It's a really nice instrument both for playing and display. It has a lot of beautifull engravings made by the Danish silver smith George Hartwig who lives in USA. Among the angravings is w...

Hi. I'm selling my Sweetheart low d whistle as I'm trying to save for a flute instead. I bought it some years ago but haven't played it more than top 5 hours. This was my performance whistle and I have only performed once :D so it's almost in "mint" condition if a whistle can be that. It's...

Pleas, don't turn this into a philosofical debape. It has nothing to do whith that. And I only tried to explain myself. It seems that most doesn't read what I write. My first post I wrote that I know the looks doesn't matter but the sound does and someone threw that back into my face. I appreciate y...

Thank you everyone for your great answers. Both the explaining, the serious, the humorous and the "so what! what others think!" I could use it all. True, it doesn't matter what it looks like as long as the sound is right. I have just had a bad experience once when I bought a Sweetheart low...

Hi. I have been playing irish flute for about 3 years. I have a 3 piece Doug Tipple and a 5 piece M&E R&R model. They are both nice to play and sounds good. But I would like one that looks beautiful as well. I have had my eyes on Ormiston, Skip Healy and Peter Noy. The reason I'm writing now...